Ethnic Violence
"Ethnic Violence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D064868
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.735.900.575
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| Concept/Terms |
Ethnic War- Ethnic War
- Ethnic Wars
- War, Ethnic
- Wars, Ethnic
Ethnic Conflict- Ethnic Conflict
- Conflict, Ethnic
- Conflicts, Ethnic
- Ethnic Conflicts
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