ethnicity
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- noun
- /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/
:
etnicidad
- The good news is that more and more students of all ethnicities continue their education beyond high school.
- race and ethnicity
- gender and ethnicity
- age and ethnicity
Well, well, English is an ethnicity, so you can't just become English.
- Well, well, English is an ethnicity, so you can't just become English.
- So he was asking a writer of Korean ethnicity to explain my tribe.
- So the Greeks based their claims on history, ethnicity and cultural arguments.
- Despite that, there were ethnicities or social groups that were treated with mistrust.
- Every school reflects the ethnicity of the country.
- It faces the huge task of incorporating a multitude of ethnicities more or less in conflict.
- It's everywhere right now, independent of location, race, ethnicity, things like that.
- And so I've almost wondered, would it be better to have a policeman of that ethnicity show up?
- And we stratified them by gender and ethnicity.
- They transcend transcend ethnicity, they transcend religious groups.
Examples
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The team is a diverse group in terms of race and ethnicity, age, gender, and background.
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We're looking for a child of any gender or ethnicity up to nine years old.
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And what ethnicity are the people in North Africa?
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This is not just an age issue, this is a race and ethnicity issue and a class issue.
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What ethnicity is that anyway?
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Any ethnicity in your background?
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Every school reflects the ethnicity of the country.
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Thus, it appears highly likely that children of different ethnicities would vary widely in their early language skills.
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In the survey, I asked Latino lawyers whether their ethnicity has caused them difficulties in their profession.
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In the study, researchers analyzed how ethnicity influences social interactions.
Synonyms
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People who share the same culture, language, or family history
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The family you come from over many generations
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ethnicity comes from the Greek word ethnos, which means 'people' or 'nation', and it shares the same root as the word ethnic. So ethnicity is about the group you belong to — the shared culture, family background, or origin that makes a group of people different from others.