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

• nationality
• nation
• race

Examples of ethnicity in a Sentence

a university with a student body of diverse ethnicities

Recent Examples on the Web

The existing program requires productions to report the diversity of their employees by race, ethnicity and gender. —Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 June 2025

How 'Will Trent' actor Ramón Rodríguez created the hit show’s iconic detective The actor of Puerto Rican heritage, who's also a co-executive producer, liked the fact that the storyline initially made the character's ethnicity and background ambiguous. —Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 21 June 2025

For example, a dataset might contain more images of people from certain ethnicities, age groups, or genders, leading to a skewed representation. —Arun Shastri, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025

This ranking, however, considers reviews from all demographics and does not give special emphasis or priority to reviews based on gender, ethnicity or other identity characteristics. —Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025

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