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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That’s because one aspect of the DEI rollback was scrubbing race and ethnicity from scholarships and grants students could earn.
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Patrick Suzuki, an Asian American man with insecurities about his ethnicity, proposes to Kacie McIntosh, a white woman, who says yes — only to get cold feet within hours of seeing him.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Arizona has barred the consideration of race and ethnicity at state institutions for several years.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Among the demands are reforms to the way race or ethnicity are used in admission and hiring practices, institutional neutrality, student grading and demanding that transgender women be excluded from women’s locker rooms and sports teams.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 2 Oct. 2025
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Patrick Suzuki, an Asian American man with insecurities about his ethnicity, proposes to Kacie McIntosh, a white woman, who says yes — only to get cold feet within hours of seeing him.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Arizona has barred the consideration of race and ethnicity at state institutions for several years.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Among the demands are reforms to the way race or ethnicity are used in admission and hiring practices, institutional neutrality, student grading and demanding that transgender women be excluded from women’s locker rooms and sports teams.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 2 Oct. 2025
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 10 Oct. 2025.
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