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
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Along with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, the foundation also partners with schools and community institutions to educate the challenging effects of stereotyping, unconscious bias, and representation imbalance of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and persons with disabilities.
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Carole Horst, Variety, 21 June 2026
The association was seen regardless of whether teens were reporting on a mother figure or father figure, and was seen across ages, gender, race and ethnicity.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Roku also allegedly partners with third-party brokers to provide its advertisers access to sensitive data such as ethnicity and date of birth of users, including children.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
The risk, however, is that more battleground districts emerge because white metropolitan voters are trending less conservative, which could give Democratic candidates of any race or ethnicity more chances to win.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
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Carole Horst, Variety, 21 June 2026
The association was seen regardless of whether teens were reporting on a mother figure or father figure, and was seen across ages, gender, race and ethnicity.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Roku also allegedly partners with third-party brokers to provide its advertisers access to sensitive data such as ethnicity and date of birth of users, including children.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
The risk, however, is that more battleground districts emerge because white metropolitan voters are trending less conservative, which could give Democratic candidates of any race or ethnicity more chances to win.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
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 23 Jun. 2026.
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