ethnical

2 definitions found

ethnical - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ethnic \Eth"nic\, Ethnical \Eth"nic*al\, a. [L. ethnicus, Gr. ?,
     fr. ? nation, ? ? the nations, heathens, gentiles: cf. F.
     ethnique.]
     1. Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of
        race; ethnological.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to
        Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and
        Christian.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. of or pertaining to a group having a distinct racial,
        cultural, religious or linguistic character; as, ethnic
        differences within a population can cause civil war.
        [PJC]
  
     4. being a member of a distinct racial or cultural minority
        within a larger population; as, ethnic Chinese own most of
        the businesses in Indonesia.
        [PJC]

ethnical - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ethnical
      adj 1: denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of
             living built up by a group of people; "influenced by
             ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy; "ethnic food"
             [syn: cultural, ethnic, ethnical]