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
Recent Examples on the Web
The poll surveyed 1,624 adults — including 775 Californians and 313 LGBTQ+ people — and was weighted to match benchmarks for age, gender, census division, race and ethnicity, and education.
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
Governors and other leaders drew on surveys of Americans, including by age, race, ethnicity, and geography, to understand, for example, the causes of vaccine hesitancy to increase the effectiveness of our messaging and messengers.
—Asa Hutchinson, STAT, 6 June 2024
Biden’s 2020 coalition is missing in 2024 Broken down by race and ethnicity, Biden has particularly lost ground with Black and Latino young people.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 5 June 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services did not require states to report enrollment decisions during the unwinding by race or ethnicity.
—Noah Weiland, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
Governors and other leaders drew on surveys of Americans, including by age, race, ethnicity, and geography, to understand, for example, the causes of vaccine hesitancy to increase the effectiveness of our messaging and messengers.
—Asa Hutchinson, STAT, 6 June 2024
Biden’s 2020 coalition is missing in 2024 Broken down by race and ethnicity, Biden has particularly lost ground with Black and Latino young people.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 5 June 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services did not require states to report enrollment decisions during the unwinding by race or ethnicity.
—Noah Weiland, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnicity. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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