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 M20.

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