ethnic group
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- 1 ethnic group、people、nation、nationality [as a people, not legal citizenship]
This is a fairly formal word for a large group of people linked by shared culture, history, language, or national identity. It often means an ethnic group, a people, or a nation as a human community.
ethnic group、people、nation、nationality [as a people, not legal citizenship]
A people or nation seen as a shared human community, usually connected by culture, history, language, ancestry, or national identity.
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ชนชาติไทย chonchâat thay the Thai people ชนชาติไทย details
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ชนชาติต่าง ๆ chonchâat tàaŋ tàaŋ various peoples / ethnic groups ชนชาติต่าง ๆ details
Learning notes
Explanation
ชนชาติ combines the idea of people with ชาติ, a word connected to nation, ethnicity, and origin. It presents people as one collective community. It sounds more formal than everyday words for a person’s nationality and is common in history, culture, society, politics, and education.
Usage
Use it in contexts such as textbooks, news, history, cultural comparison, social issues, and discussions of relations between peoples or ethnic groups.
Caution
It does not mean legal citizenship. Also, terms that classify people by ethnicity or origin can be sensitive depending on the context.
Differences from similar words
1 ethnic group synonyms
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ชาติ is broader and can mean country, nation, or ethnicity. ชนชาติ focuses more specifically on the people as a collective group.
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ชาติพันธุ์ is a more academic word for an ethnic group. ชนชาติ is broader and can also refer to a people or nation in a historical or cultural sense.
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สัญชาติ means legal nationality or citizenship. ชนชาติ refers to a people or ethnic/national community, not someone’s legal citizenship.