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प्रश्न
Define Ethnicity. Discuss its features.
उत्तर
Ethnicity refers to a group of people who have a great affinity with each other based on similarities of language, religion, value, region, ancestry, etc.
Following are the salient features of ethnicity :
A Feeling of Ethnocentrism: An ethnic group considers others as inferior to its own group.
Common territory: An ethnic group generally occupies a common territory.
Ascribed Membership: Membership into an ethnic group is acquired by being born into it, thus it is ascriptive in nature.
A Sense of Community: The members of an ethnic group have strong ‘we’ feeling and consider themselves as belonging to the same community.
Unique Cultural Traits: Most ethnic groups are identified on the basis of their unique cultural traits such as language, culture, religion, etc.
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