ethnicity

noun eth·nic·i·ty \ eth-ˈni-sə-tē \

|Updated on: 9 Jun 2018

Examples: ethnicity in a Sentence

Definition of ethnicity

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 that aggressively recruits a student body of diverse ethnicities

Recent Examples of ethnicity from the Web

Day or night, at any hour and across a dizzying array of sites, models of every shape, age and ethnicity perform all sorts of acts for group audiences, most of them unprintable in a newspaper for group audiences.

— david ovalle, miamiherald, "'Cam Con' exposes a booming biz Florida doesn't talk about: selling live sex on line," 25 May 2018
Gaia Squarci, who is 29, became fascinated by older athletes at her neighborhood gym in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, which draws locals of all ages and ethnicities.

— New York Times, "Counting Years, Shedding Seconds," 16 May 2018
The jurors, diverse by age and ethnicity, are attentive and take notes.

— chicagotribune.com, "'Buckle up': As Mueller probe enters second year, Trump and allies go on war footing," 14 May 2018
The jurors, diverse by age and ethnicity, are attentive and take notes.

— Anchorage Daily News, "‘Buckle up’: As Mueller probe enters second year, Trump and allies go on war footing," 14 May 2018
The jurors, diverse by age and ethnicity, are attentive and take notes.

— The Seattle Times, "Buckle up’: As Mueller probe enters second year, Trump and allies go on war footing," 13 May 2018
The company has both a software development kit (SDK) and an application program interface (API) that provides emoji, gender, age, ethnicity, and a number of other metrics.

— andrew j. hawkins, The Verge, "We need self-driving cars that can monitor our attention along with our emotions," 13 Apr. 2018
Seeking adult and youth actors of all ages and ethnicities for Dobama's 40th annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival (June 1-3) to perform in one or more short plays written by youth in grades 1-12.

— mark rapp, cleveland.com, "Cleveland theater's auditions for April 6 and Beyond: Cleveland Shakespeare Festival's Free Outdoor Theater ("Troilus and Cressida" and "Twelfth Night") & More," 6 Apr. 2018
The cruises and resort vacations offered year-round from Olivia Travel continue on, today, and attract women of all ages, ethnicities and income levels, some celebrating their now-legal weddings and honeymoons, some rejoicing in retirement.

— bonnie j. morris, Smithsonian, "How Should We Archive the Soundtrack to 1970s Feminism?," 30 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of ethnicity

1920

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ethnicity Synonyms

Synonyms

nation, nationality, race;

Related Words

minority;

clan, family, folk, house, kindred, tribe;

Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

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