ethnicity
noun
eth·nic·i·ty
| \ eth-ˈni-sə-tē
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plural ethnicities
Definition of ethnicity
1
: ethnic quality or affiliation
aspects of ethnicity
2
: a particular ethnic affiliation or group
students of diverse ethnicities
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Examples of ethnicity in a Sentence
a university that aggressively recruits a student body of diverse ethnicities
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When examining race and ethnicity, the study found that 70% of female characters in speaking roles were white, up 3 percentage points from the previous year. — Yvonne Villarrealstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "77% of TV shows have no women creators. Here’s how that ripples across the industry," 4 Sep. 2019 In a few years, corporate C-Suites and board room tables could reflect a balanced representation across gender, race and ethnicity. — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, "Big companies are working to improve representation at the top," 21 Aug. 2019 Tang reported from Phoenix and is a member of the AP’s race and ethnicity team. — Terry Tang, The Denver Post, "Trump’s fake accent angers Asian Americans as they veer left," 22 Aug. 2019 The producers expressed a desire to be open about race and ethnicity as well. — David Canfield, EW.com, "They almost wrote Jennifer Aniston off the show?! An exclusive look at the making of Friends," 21 Aug. 2019 In 1967, only 3 percent of Americans married outside their race or ethnicity. — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, "Putting America’s Problems in Perspective," 9 Aug. 2019 For years, people have told me to stop talking about race and ethnicity. — Ruben Navarrette Jr., The Mercury News, "Navarrette: America’s dialogue on race is now a vexing monologue," 27 July 2019 Information on race and ethnicity was obtained from death certificates. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, "Death rates climbing among young and middle-age US adults," 25 July 2019 Under the federal regulations, minority contracts are reserved for companies whose owners can demonstrate social and economic disadvantages because of their race or ethnicity. — Adam Elmahrek, latimes.com, "Native American minority contracts are under scrutiny as officials vow strict enforcement," 2 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ethnicity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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