ethnogenesis

== English == === Etymology === From ethno- +‎ -genesis. While attested incidentally before the twentieth century, it gained currency particularly in the postwar era as a scholarly concept. === Pronunciation === enPR: ĕth′nō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs Hyphenation: eth‧no‧gen‧e‧sis === Noun === ethnogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural ethnogeneses) The emergence of a distinct, recognizable, ethnic identity. ==== Related terms ==== ethnogenetic ethnogeny ==== Translations ==== === References === “ethnogenesis”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “ethnogenesis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.