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ethnicity

noun eth·nic·i·ty \eth-ˈni-sə-tē\
plural eth·nic·i·ties

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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First Known Use of ETHNICITY

1950

Related to ETHNICITY

Synonyms
nationality, nation, race

Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

Rhymes with ETHNICITY

basicity, causticity, centricity, chronicity, clonicity, conicity, cyclicity, facticity, felicity, lubricity, mendicity, plasticity, publicity, rhythmicity, seismicity, simplicity, spasticity, sphericity, tonicity, toxicity, triplicity

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