De-ethnization
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: De-ethnization is a noun meaning The act or process of ceasing to be, or of causing (a group) to cease to be, an ethnicity or a distinct people.
Meaning
The act or process of ceasing to be, or of causing (a group) to cease to be, an ethnicity or a distinct people.
More Meanings
- The act or process of severing or losing ethnic ties.
Example Sentences
Among the concrete reasons for the rapid de-ethnization of immigrants, Fishman cites the great appeal of the American mass culture, […]
Robins and Aksoy (2005) suggest that actually transnational media, and satellite television in particular, work in association with the process of de-ethnization and de-mythologization of the 'homeland'.
To question the wisdom or the necessity or the naturalness of the de-ethnization of immigrant populations strikes many as questioning the very legitimacy or the very possibility of America's national and cultural existence.
From its earlier position as the vernacular of an entire religio-ethnic community it is now the vernacular only of atypical sub-groups who have not participated in the de-ethnization and acculturation of the general Jewish community.
Word Forms
- de-ethnisation
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include de-ethnicization, deculturization, disaffiliation, deindividualization, disidentification, depopulation.
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