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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An obstetric calculator factored in race and ethnicity in ways that increased unnecessary Cesarean sections among Black and Hispanic women.
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Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
No other identifying information about the man was available, including his name or race/ethnicity.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
The unsecured information includes names, birthdays, places of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, parents’ names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Earlier still, prior to Israel’s founding and to the time that partition became the vernacular of the day, some Arabs and Jews thought of a single, binational state with equal rights for all, irrespective of religion or ethnicity.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
No other identifying information about the man was available, including his name or race/ethnicity.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
The unsecured information includes names, birthdays, places of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, parents’ names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Earlier still, prior to Israel’s founding and to the time that partition became the vernacular of the day, some Arabs and Jews thought of a single, binational state with equal rights for all, irrespective of religion or ethnicity.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnicity. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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