ethnicity
noun
eth·nic·i·ty
eth-ˈni-sə-tē 
plural ethnicities
1
: ethnic quality or affiliation
aspects of ethnicity
2
: a particular ethnic affiliation or group
students of diverse ethnicities
Examples of ethnicity in a Sentence
a university with a student body of diverse ethnicities
Recent Examples on the Web
Twenty-one percent of Black teens report being made a target because of their race or ethnicity online, compared with 11% of Latine teens and 4% of white teens.
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Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 17 July 2024
Just three days after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel, a Stanford instructor made this division literally, separating his freshman students by ethnicity into these categories.
—Jeffrey Koseff, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
Republicans dismissed the idea that Trump was bad for black voters on Friday’s press call, predicting the same concerns hobbling Biden’s campaign nationally will hurt him with people of all ethnicities.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 July 2024
The Common Sense survey found screen habits varied by income level, race and ethnicity.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnicity. Accessed 20 Jul. 2024.
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