To make ethnic; to imbue with ethnic ties.

simple past tense and past participle of ethnize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ethnize

The act or process of making a group into, or of becoming as a group, an ethnicity or distinct people.

present participle of ethnize

The act or process of reconstituting (a group), which previously underwent de-ethnization, as an ethnicity or distinct people.

The act or process of ceasing to be, or of causing (a group) to cease to be, an ethnicity or a distinct people. / The act or process of severing or losing ethnic ties.