Contemporary Examples. 1  In Scandinavian countries this discrimination has been dramatically reduced. 2  But most of this gap, say the researchers who carried out the study, is due to discrimination. 3  After the Iranian Revolution, discrimination took on a sectarian flavor.
Definition of Etruscan. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Etruria, the Etruscans, or the Etruscan language.
Updated July 27, 2016. The Etruscans, who lived in Etruria, were known as Tyrrhenians by the Greeks. They were at their height in Italy from the 8th to the 5th century B.C. Herodotus (c. 450 B.C.) reports, as a theory of their origin, that the Etruscans came from Asia Minor.