multiethnic
adjective
mul·ti·eth·nic
| \ ˌməl-tē-ˈeth-nik
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Definition of multiethnic
: made up of people of various ethnicities
a multiethnic country
also
: of, relating to, reflecting, or adapted to diverse ethnicities
multiethnic literature
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Other Words from multiethnic
multiethnicity
\ ˌməl-tē-ˌeth-ˈni-sə-tē
, -ˌtī- \
noun
, -ˌtī- \
noun
Examples of multiethnic in a Sentence
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The city has largely embraced its multiethnic mosaic. — Stephanie Saul, New York Times, "In Wisconsin Swing District, a Range of Views on Immigration," 31 July 2019 Yet box-office receipts and TV ratings show that audiences embrace projects with multiethnic casts, according to an annual Hollywood diversity report from the University of California, Los Angeles. — Lynn Elber And Lindsey Bahr, USA TODAY, "Actresses of color are banding together to fight for equal pay in Hollywood," 28 July 2019 Having been colonized by the Dutch, French and British, the people of Mauritius are multiethnic, multicultural and multilingual. — Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, "Black Travel Vibes: This Sexy Mauritius Getaway Is A Whole Vibe," 22 July 2019 The tower is in the North Kensington neighborhood, a working-class, multiethnic area next to some of the richest neighborhoods in Britain. — Washington Post, "Building materials helped spread Grenfell fire, US suit says," 11 June 2019 It is not taken for granted as constitutive of a multiethnic democracy, but treated as a kind of add-on, an extra feature. — David Roberts, Vox, "American white people really hate being called “white people”," 26 July 2018 Though some of these marriages have ended in divorce, more than 5 percent of the children born in South Korea are now multiethnic. — Brook Larmer, New York Times, "South Korea’s Most Dangerous Enemy: Demographics," 20 Feb. 2018 The party of Lincoln is now overwhelmingly white, while Democrats have a much more multiethnic coalition that represents the direction the country’s demographics are heading. — Isaac Stanley-becker, The Seattle Times, "Republicans keep control of the Senate; Democrats claim House majority," 7 Nov. 2018 Haaland, 57, also pulled together a multiethnic coalition that sought to work outside the usual white and Hispanic powerbrokers. — Russell Contreras, The Christian Science Monitor, "New Mexico steps closer to electing first-ever Native American congresswoman," 7 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'multiethnic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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multiethnic
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of multiethnic
: relating to or including people from many ethnic groups
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