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

Synonyms of ethnicity

• nationality
• nation

Examples of ethnicity in a Sentence

a university with a student body of diverse ethnicities

Recent Examples on the Web

It’s hopefully not imposed by economic dependency or an inability to love outside your ethnicity or religion or language. — Gloria Steinem, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2026

Now, as then, the world is churning over the identities of peoples and nations based on either ethnicity and religion or the values and rights inherent in all mankind. — Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

Yet there are surprisingly few evaluations across different ethnicities, body compositions, and intensities of physical activity. — Mike McRae 03, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026

The complaint does not identify specific remarks or what particular conduct was against her ethnicity. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ethnicity

• basicity
• chronicity
• complicity
• cyclicity
• duplicity
• facticity
• felicity
• helicity
• plasticity
• publicity
• rusticity
• simplicity