ethnicity

eth·nic·i·ty

noun \eth-ˈni-sə-tē\

plural eth·nic·i·ties

Definition of ETHNICITY

1

: ethnic quality or affiliation <aspects of ethnicity>

2

: a particular ethnic affiliation or group <students of diverse ethnicities>

Examples of ETHNICITY

1. <a university that aggressively recruits a student body of diverse ethnicities>

First Known Use of ETHNICITY

1950

Related to ETHNICITY

Synonyms: nationality, nation, race

Related Words: minority; clan, family, folk, house, kindred, tribe

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Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

Rhymes with ETHNICITY

basicity, causticity, centricity, chronicity, clonicity, conicity, cyclicity, facticity, felicity, lubricity, mendicity, plasticity, publicity, rhythmicity, seismicity, simplicity, spasticity, sphericity, tonicity, toxicity, triplicity