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- noun the state of being
multiethnic .
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Examples
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Actually, the distinction is between "multiethnicity" and "multiculturalism", a distinction which one can clearly discern in Cameron's speech although he did not say so in so many words.
Multiculturalism: Mr Cameron's crude caricature solves no problems | Observer editorial 2011
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Wyclef was Haitian-American and liked our multiethnicity.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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Wyclef was Haitian-American and liked our multiethnicity.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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Wyclef was Haitian-American and liked our multiethnicity.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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It is interesting that provinces, such as Shaanxi, are now struggling to claim their Chineseness either by tracing their ancient Chinese tradition, or by emphasizing their multiethnicity, such as Guizhou, as Oakes has noticed. 252 Indeed Yunnan is making a similar claim, by citing its multiethnic culture in its effort to attract more resources internally and internationally.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Canada should begin to move away from a policy of multiculturism and towards the concept of multiethnicity.
Honour Killings Shock “Almost” Every Community « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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Now Tutsi radicals are trying to "cleanse" the government of the last vestiges of multiethnicity.
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In Washington, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said, "Beijing needs to respect Tibetan culture, they need to respect multiethnicity in their society."
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And what if multiethnicity is the way out of our binary stale-mate?
What Color Is Black? 2008
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Whatever is wrong with the US (and by that I mean its own share of off the chart anti-Muslim sentiment) it at least acknowledges that it's a society founded on immigration and multiethnicity (as does Canada).
apples and oranges 2005
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