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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Soliman is also charged in federal court with a hate crime related to him targeting the group because of their religion or ethnicity.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 June 2025
Published in the mid two-thousands, the book also shows what happened when immigrant groups were eventually allowed to move into these white-only areas after the towns’ populations had dwindled—and how other ethnicities triangulated themselves from the dichotomy of white and Black.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
In the hours following the car ramming, numerous accounts on social media had spread false information regarding the attack, including the suspect’s age and ethnicity.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 27 May 2025
One theme of the series, which later became a book, was the transformation of California from a state with high economic and social mobility to one of relatively rigid classes defined by ethnicity, education, incomes and wealth.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 June 2025
Published in the mid two-thousands, the book also shows what happened when immigrant groups were eventually allowed to move into these white-only areas after the towns’ populations had dwindled—and how other ethnicities triangulated themselves from the dichotomy of white and Black.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
In the hours following the car ramming, numerous accounts on social media had spread false information regarding the attack, including the suspect’s age and ethnicity.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 27 May 2025
One theme of the series, which later became a book, was the transformation of California from a state with high economic and social mobility to one of relatively rigid classes defined by ethnicity, education, incomes and wealth.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 May 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 Jun. 2025.
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