de-ethnicization
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom de- + ethnicization; see the latter for more information and related terms.
Noun
editde-ethnicization (uncountable)
- The act or process of ceasing to be ethnic; de-ethnization.
- 1996, Ethnicity, Politics, and Society in Northeast Africa, →ISBN, page 10:
- The abandonment of a mother tongue leads to language death, and eventually to de-ethnicization, assimilation and gradual extinction of an ethnic entity […]