Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Ethnic Violence

Violence or other hostile behavior arising when an ethnic group either feels itself under threat, or where it seeks to assert its superiority or dominance over other groups.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Violence or other hostile behavior arising when an ethnic group either feels itself under threat, or where it seeks to assert its superiority or dominance over other groups.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Violence, Ethnic
  • Ethnic Conflict
  • Ethnic War
  • Conflict, Ethnic
  • Conflicts, Ethnic
  • Ethnic Conflicts
  • Ethnic Wars
  • War, Ethnic
  • Wars, Ethnic

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2014(2016)

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  1. I01w.880w.735w.900w.575w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ethnic Violence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064868. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064868
  2. Ethnic Violence. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_violence
  3. Ethnic Violence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13634374