ethnogenesis

English

Etymology

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

Noun

ethnogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural ethnogeneses)

2. The emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity.

Related terms

• ethnogenetic
• ethnogeny

Translations

Translations

• Belarusian: этнагене́з m (etnahjenjéz)
• Danish: etnogenese c
• French: ethnogenèse (fr) f
• German: Ethnogenese f
• Japanese: 民族起源論 (みんぞくきげんろん)
• Kazakh: этногенез (étnogenez)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etnogenese m

• Polish: etnogeneza (pl) f
• Portuguese: etnogênese f
• Romanian: etnogeneză (ro) f
• Russian: этногене́з (ru) m (etnogenéz)
• Turkish: etnogenez
• Ukrainian: етногене́з m (etnohenéz)

References

• “ethnogenesis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.