Asian

Asian
Asian, Asiatic
1. Both words are pronounced with -s- as in measure or as -sh-. In AmE the first is far more common.
2. In the second half of the 20c Asian (a slightly older word) has replaced Asiatic, as noun and adjective, when the reference is ethnic, because Asiatic is thought to have depreciatory overtones. In BrE Asian is also used with reference to people from Asia, especially the Indian subcontinent, or their descendants, living in Britain.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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