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
As a result, his department now allows faculty assigned to teach potentially hot subjects like race and ethnicity to bow out.
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Laura Pappano, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
As with so many other things, race, ethnicity, and income play a role here.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 3 May 2024
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Laura Pappano, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
As with so many other things, race, ethnicity, and income play a role here.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 3 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for ethnicity
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnicity. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
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