Home › Words › E › ethnizeethnizeethnize means to make ethnic; to imbue with ethnic ties.EtymologyFrom ethno- + -ize.verbTo make ethnic; to imbue with ethnic ties.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ethnicize 87% match — To make ethnic. vs ethnize →ethnization 79% match — The act or process of making a group into, or of becoming as a group, an ethnicity or distinct people. vs ethnize →ethnicization 79% match — The act or process of making or becoming ethnic; ethnization. vs ethnize →ethnocentrize 72% match — To make ethnocentric. vs ethnize →ethicize 71% match — To make ethical. vs ethnize →ethnographize 68% match — To carry out ethnography. vs ethnize →ethiopianize 67% match — To make Ethiopian vs ethnize →unethnicized 65% match — Not ethnicized. vs ethnize →