ethnogenesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity.

Pronunciation

ĕth′nō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs

Word forms

ethnogenesis ethnogeneses

Etymology

From ethno- + -genesis. While attested incidentally before the twentieth century, it gained currency particularly in the postwar era as a scholarly concept.

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