The difference between Ethnic and Pagan
When used as nouns, ethnic means an ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community, whereas pagan means a person not adhering to an abrahamist religion.
When used as adjectives, ethnic means of or relating to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins, whereas pagan means relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-abrahamist religions (i.e. not christianity, judaism, or islam), especially earlier polytheism.
check bellow for the other definitions of Ethnic and Pagan
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Ethnic as an adjective:
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins.
Examples:
"There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands"
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Ethnic as an adjective:
Belonging to a foreign culture.
Examples:
"I like to eat ethnic food"
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Ethnic as an adjective:
Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
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Ethnic as an adjective (historical):
Heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim.
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Ethnic as a noun:
An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
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Ethnic as a noun:
An ethnic minority.
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Ethnic as a noun (archaic):
A heathen, a pagan.
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Ethnic as a noun:
(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city
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Pagan as an adjective:
Relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions (i.e. not Christianity, Judaism, or Islam), especially earlier polytheism.
Examples:
"Many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints."
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Pagan as an adjective (by extension, pejorative):
Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.
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Pagan as a noun:
A person not adhering to an Abrahamist religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.
Examples:
"This community has a surprising number of pagans."
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Pagan as a noun (by extension, pejorative):
An uncivilized or unsocialized person.
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Pagan as a noun (by extension, pejorative):
An unruly, badly educated child.