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ethnogenesis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • ĕth′nō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs

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noun

Meaning 1

The emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: этнагене́з (etnahjenjéz) — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Catalan: etnogènia — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Catalan: etnogènesi — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Danish: etnogenese — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • French: ethnogenèse — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • French: ethnogénie — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • German: Ethnogenese — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Greek: εθνογένεση (ethnogénesi) — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Italian: etnogenesi — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Japanese: 民族起源論 — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Kazakh: этногенез (étnogenez) — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: etnogenese — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Polish: etnogeneza — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Portuguese: etnogênese — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Romanian: etnogeneză — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Russian: этногене́з (etnogenéz) — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Spanish: etnogenia — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Turkish: etnogenez — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity
  • Ukrainian: етногене́з (etnohenéz) — the emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity