Definition of "nonethnic" [nonethnic]

• Not ethnic. (adjective)
• One who does not belong to an ethnic minority. (noun)

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• "Paul Johnson, in his 1985 “A History of the Jews” gave a long list of prominent Jews from Heine onward who saw themselves as assimilated and nonethnic when they were young men, but then became more ethnocentric and concerned with Jewish identity as they aged."
• "Within the Soviet Union, the Russian Republic was also an ethno-federal state, containing thirty-one ethnically defined units alongside fifty-seven nonethnic ones as of 1991."
• "People familiar with his plans say he might move to liberalize some sectors of the economy, giving nonethnic Malays a larger role."