ethnicity

[eth-nis-i-tee] / ɛθˈnɪs ɪ ti /

NOUN

ethnic background

Synonyms

STRONG

nationality race

WEAK

background identity origin

Example Sentences

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Investigators will "explicitly" consider the backgrounds of offenders, including their ethnicity and religion, Mahmood said, and "whether the authorities failed to properly investigate what happened out of a misplaced desire to protect community cohesion".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Democrats also want to bar DHS officers from detaining people based on their ethnicity, spoken language, accent, or place of work.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Now it plans to cross off the “other demographics” including race, gender identity, ethnicity and sexual orientation, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Researchers adjusted their analysis to account for factors such as age, sex, race and ethnicity, smoking status, and income.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

But we were kids who had learned to crawl together, and no history, ethnicity, society, or religion was going to change that either.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini