Ethnomaniac

/ˌɛθnoʊˈmeɪniæk/ noun

Definition

A person who is excessively obsessed with ethnic identity, ethnology, or ethnic matters; someone with an extreme ethnic preoccupation.

Etymology

From ethno- (Greek ethnos) + -maniac (from Greek mania, 'madness, excessive enthusiasm'). This is a rarely used critical or mocking term from the 19th-20th centuries.

Kelly Says

This word is largely archaic and occasionally offensive—it shows how academia and society labeled people who became deeply interested in ethnology, sometimes dismissing genuine scholarship as 'obsessive.'

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