ethno- combining form.
['ɛƟnǝʊ][-'fɔ:lɪz(ǝ)m] noun [Greek phaulisma disparagement] an expression that contains a disparaging reference to another people or ethnic group (e.g.
■ Dutch courage) or is a contemptuous name for them (e.g.
■ Dago)
M20. ■ ethnoscience noun the branch of knowledge that deals with the different ways the world is perceived and categorized in different cultures
M20. ■ ethnose'mantic adjective of or pertaining to ethnosemantics
M20. ■ ethnose'mantics noun the branch of knowledge that deals with the way members of a speech community categorize their experience, as inferred from the semantic organization of vocabulary
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