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单词 ethnical
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ethnicaladj.

Brit. /ˈɛθnᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈɛθnəkəl/
Forms: late Middle English ethnicalle, 1500s ethnycall, 1500s–1600s ethnicall, 1600s– ethnical.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ethnicalis ; Greek ἐθνικός , -al suffix1.
Etymology: Originally (in sense 1) < post-classical Latin ethnicalis pagan (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian; < ethnicus ethnic adj. + classical Latin -ālis -al suffix1). In later use (in senses 2 and 3) independently < Hellenistic Greek ἐθνικός ethnic adj. + -al suffix1.
1. Not Christian or Jewish; pagan, heathen; = ethnic adj. 1. Also: †not characteristic of Christianity or Judaism, heathenish (obsolete). Now archaic.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [adjective]
heathenishc893
heathen971
misbelievedc1225
Barbarya1300
payenc1300
miscreantc1330
paynimc1330
uncircumcideda1382
uncircumciseda1400
gentilec1400
heathenly1415
paganismc1425
profanec1450
pagan1464
ethnical?a1475
payemec1480
miscredentc1500
heathenish1535
whorish1535
ethnic1542
ethnish1542
idolous1546
mammetrous1546
gentilish1550
idolatrous?1550
idololatrical1550
infidel1551
idolatrical1556
gentilical1573
paganical?1573
idolish1577
heatheny1580
irreligious1585
paganish1589
gentilic1603
idolaster1608
gentilitious1613
heathenous1613
idolatrizing1614
image-worshipping1621
misreligious1623
Mahounda1625
gentilizing1637
idololatrousa1641
infidelious1648
Baalitical1652
national1661
idolatric1669
paganic1676
gentilized1684
Baalish1690
idololatrica1711
infidelical1802
semi-fidel1834
Greekish1851
paganistic1853
unselect1882
goyish1888
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 17 (MED) Thynges of disporte be admixte with saddenes, and dictes ethnicalle [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. heþen; L. ethnica] to thynges religious.
1547 J. Hooper Declar. Christe v. D iij What..blasphemy of God, and Et [h] nycall idolatrie is this.
1550 J. Hooper Ouersight Jonas ii. f. xxxiv In these Ethnicall Mariners we se a singuler discrecion wit, & humanitie.
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 43 Ethnicall sportes and pastimes.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 195 The Religion of the Peguans is Ethnicall, knowing many but false Gods.
1652 W. Brough Preservative against Schisme 42 Should not..Ethnicall Rome be lesse Babylon then the Christian.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xx. 124/2 The Custom of Preaching at Funerals may seem Ethnical in its Original.
1736 R. Grey Miserable & Distracted State of Relig. in Eng. x. 48 Honours and Titles and Names of Distinction are but Ethnical and Heathenish Distinctions among Christians.
1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xiii. §3. 237 The Subjects of the narrative..may be drawn..either from ethnical or sacred Story.
1814 Hist. Campaigns Brit. Forces Spain & Portugal V. v. vi. 492 Among the legions of Rome..ethnical superstition would have produced..revolt and flight.
1874 M. D. Conway (title) The sacred anthology: a book of ethnical scriptures.
1912 R. G. Nisbet tr. C. Clemen Primitive Christianity & Non-Jewish Sources i. b. iii. 233 Paul's views would have shown the influence of ethnical beliefs, if the naming of Jesus' name..had had an exorcistic purpose.
1920 Anglican Theol. Rev. Oct. 218 Gilmore very liberally accepts the general inspiration of all ethnical writings and advocates their claim to transmit revelation.
2. = ethnic adj. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > [adjective]
heathenic1554
savage1559
heathnical1583
ethnical1818
ethnic1841
multi-ethnic1941
mono-ethnic1968
1818 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 13 Antiquities 83 As these tribes were numerous states, as well as descendants each from the common individual who first assumed the device, these [armorial] bearings were as much ethnical as gentilitial.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. i. 308 Purely upon geographical not upon ethnical considerations.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. iii. 58 As far as ethnical connexion is concerned, this analogy will hold good.
1900 M. L. Streator Anglo-American Alliance in Prophecy viii. 459 The signal manifestations of the power of Jehovah in behalf of his people, which they celebrate in their ethnical song of rejoicing.
1910 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 40 40 It would appear that the Rājputs of north-western India and of the Ganges valley represent a fairly uniform ethnical type.
1949 J. G. Fucilla Our Ital. Surnames ii. 20 They..have through centuries of cross-breeding fused into a fairly close-knit ethnical group now called the Italians.
1960 German Q. 33 80 Millions of East Germans and ethnical Germans, from Eastern and Southeastern European countries, moved into West Germany and Austria.
1987 R. Davies in J. P. Boyer People's Mandate (1992) Introd. 3 The relating of a small ethnical community to a larger one.
2006 Financial Times 27 Jan. 5/4 Other smaller languages, regional and ethnical, are suffering, but not because of what happens in Brussels.
3. Of or relating to ethnology as a branch of knowledge or subject of study; based on or dealing with ethnology.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > race > ethnoscience > [adjective]
ethnographical1800
ethnographic1805
ethnological1822
ethnical1826
ethnologic1843
1826 Monthly Mag. Nov. 560/2 A Retrospect of the Ancient World: including a Survey, Ethnical and Ecclesiastical, of the British Islands, by the Rev. William Marriott, is nearly ready.
1844 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 464 Geography is not unimportant in ethnical discussions.
1865 D. Wilson Prehist. Man (ed. 2) i. 4 Here then are materials full of promise for the ethnical student.
1884 Publisher & Bookbuyer's Jrnl. 15 Nov. 11/2 The confused character of the prevailing ethnical literature dealing with the Sudan.
1916 Current Hist. Oct. 104/1 War requires a thorough and detailed study of the hostile country, thus promotes geographical and ethnical science.
2009 B. Rai Gorkhas viii. 248 The paradigm of social enquiry in the hills remains ossified and immune to the world of social and ethnical theories.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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