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ethnicism|ˈɛθnɪsɪz(ə)m|
[f. ethnic + -ism.]
†a. Heathenism, paganism; heathenish superstition; an instance of this (obs.).
b. In mod. use without reproachful implication: The religions of the Gentile nations of antiquity; the common characteristics of these as contrasted with Hebraism and Christianity.
1613Purchas Pilgr. ix. v. §3 (R.) Certaine Brasilians..had set vp a new sect of Christian ethnicisme, or mungrell-Christianity. 1625Jackson Orig. Vnbeliefe xxiii. 226 Feigned relations of a new starres appearance or other like Ethnicismes. 1667Waterhouse Fire Lond. 111 In darkness of errour and in the shadow of death through Ethnicism. 1849tr. Nitzsch's Chr. Doctr. Pref. 7 The two great directions of religio-historical development, Ethnicism and Revelation. 1851Carlyle Sterling i. ix. (1872) 54 A mind..occupied..with mere Ethnicism, Radicalism and revolutionary tumult.
Add:c. gen. Consciousness of or emphasis upon racial and cultural identity; ethnic self-determination or nationalism; ethnic separation. Also, prejudice on the grounds of ethnic origin.
1972N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Sept. 68/3 In a fever of ethnicism, Italians, Jews, Orientals, Blacks, Hispanics and others have withdrawn into themselves, causing still unmeasured social damage. 1977Ethnicity IV. 139 Ethnicism has become the latest fashion and ironically, perhaps, the Establishment itself is among its leading champions. 1978English Jrnl. Dec. 7/2 It is racism and ethnicism in this country that prevents minorities from getting jobs. 1985C. Mullard Race, Power & Resistance i. 9 The cultural form of racism, ethnicism. 1990A. Toffler Powershift v. 385 Even more significant..is the upsurge of ethnicism in the dominant Great Russian population. |