单词 | ethnically |
释义 | ethnicallyadv.ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [adverb] heathenly1382 superstitiously1533 ethnically1547 heathenishly1573 paganically1577 idolatrously1583 paganly1625 paganishly1832 infidelly1844 1547 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. 12–20 Nov. (1933) 417 When I spake of chaunce, yf I spake ethnycallie,..then is the Englishe Paraphrasis to be condemned for that cause. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 174/1 This Pope..maintayned the filthy idolatrie of images..commaundyng them most Ethnically to be incensed. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxix. 371 Had he [sc. God] not distinguished us from other Nations as he has, we might have been as savadge in Manners as we ethnically were. 1762 H. Piers Sins Jews & Christians under Law 13 This is that Baptism into Christ, which makes the natural Man (however ethnically accomplished) a Christian. 2. As regards ethnicity. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > [adverb] ethnically1846 1846 W. M. Leake Peloppmmesiaca 184 Ethnically the line of partition passed through the points where the extant Hermæa are found. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xxii. 464 The Œnotrians were ethnically akin to the primitive population of Rome. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 65 No one can suppose Trojan and Hellene to have been..ethnically one, though both were probably of the Aryan stock. 1920 Q. Rev. Oct. 424 The Adjars, ethnically Georgian but culturally Turkish. 1964 W. Bell Jamaican Leaders iii. 74 Three such appointments included a top reputational influential..who was ethnically identified as a Syrian, a second-echelon reputational influential..who was ethically identified as being light to medium brown, [etc.]. 2006 Ref. & Res. Bk. News (Nexis) 1 Feb. Ethnically varied characters that re-embody American values. Compounds ethnically clean adj. [compare Albanian etnikisht i pastër, Serbian and Croatian etnički čist] (of a geographical area, a society, etc.) characterized by ethnic or religious uniformity, esp. as a result of the purging of minority groups; cf. ethnic cleansing n. [In quot. 1981 with allusion to the Albanian slogan Kosova etnikisht e pastër (‘an ethnically clean Kosovo’; compare Serbian etnički čisto Kosovo). The origin of this slogan is a matter of some dispute. It does not reflect the stated aims of the Kosovar Albanian nationalist movement at the time of the Kosovo crisis of 1981, as claimed by contemporary Yugoslav sources, and its prominence in such sources has been seen as scaremongering. The slogan was denounced as the work of Serbian nationalist agents provocateurs in a speech by Enver Hoxha, the Communist leader of Albania, in October 1982.] ΚΠ 1981 Z. Antic RAD Background Rep. (Yugoslavia): Exodus Serbs from Kosovo (Radio Free Europe Research) 142 2 According to Tanjug, Spiro Galovic, the secretary of the Serbian party CC, said a little bit more about what was going on in Kosovo: ‘Albanian nationalists were inciting ethnic Albanians against the Serbs and demanding an ethnically clean Kosovo.’ 1993 Time 24 May 52/2 ‘The Bosnian Croats don't want Muslims in their areas—they want them ethnically clean,’ said a U.N. analyst. 1996 A. C. Hepburn Past Apart xiii. 243 The Protestant working class in Belfast was a large enough base from which to draw all the skilled labour needed.., and an 'ethnically clean' shop floor would give an engineering or shipbuilding employer less trouble. 2001 Washington Times (Nexis) 24 May a20 [One view is] that problems can be solved by usurping power through violence, by whipping up ethnic hatred, by promoting the concept of ethnically clean societies. ethnically cleanse v. [compare Serbian and Croatian etnički očistiti (for the second element see cleanse v.)] transitive to purge (a geographical area, a society, etc.) of ethnic or religious minority groups; to remove (a minority people) from an area, society, etc., on the grounds of ethnicity or religion, esp. by expulsion or killing; cf. ethnic cleansing n. ΚΠ 1992 Philadelphia Inquirer 29 May a1/4 Germany..has shown a hard heart to the war's main victims—the Slavic Muslims who are being driven from their homes as the Serbs ethnically cleanse wide swatches of the countryside. 1993 Guardian 23 Oct. 5/2 Ian Paisley accused the Irish Republic of ethnically cleansing its Protestant community. 2000 D. Mosler & R. Catley Global Amer. iv. 90 Any threat to Israel's survival has been reduced, but at the cost of allowing Israel to escape other liberal dictates, ethnically cleanse Palestinians, and periodically wage aggressive preemptive war against Arab neighbours. ethnically cleansed adj. [compare Serbian and Croatian etnički očišćen] (of a geographical area, a society, etc.) purged of ethnic or religious minority groups; (of members of a religious or ethnic minority) subjected to ethnic cleansing. ΚΠ 1991 Los Angeles Times 5 Dec. b6/2 Serbian families are bused in by the hundreds to repopulate the ethnically cleansed areas. 1995 Newsweek 31 July 23/2 Later in the summer, press revelations that the Serbs are running concentration camps for ‘ethnically cleansed’ Bosnians elicit outrage—but no new response from the West. 2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Nov. 118/3 In 1994, he was mayor of an ethnically cleansed Bosnian town called Vlasenica, where more than 18,000 Muslims had lived. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1547 |
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