de-ethnicization

English

Alternative forms
  • de-ethnicisation

Etymology

de- +‎ ethnicization; see the latter for more information and related terms.

Noun

de-ethnicization (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of ceasing to be ethnic; de-ethnization.
    • 1996, Ethnicity, Politics, and Society in Northeast Africa →ISBN, page 10:
      The abandonment of a mother tongue leads to language death, and eventually to de-ethnicization, assimilation and gradual extinction of an ethnic entity […]
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