ethnicity

noun ethnicities

1. countable, uncountable The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences. Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of
2. countable, uncountable An ethnic group. As a young Asian American, I was lucky growing up in an inclusive suburb, where although known to be predominantly Caucasian, all blends of cultures and ethnicities were embodied in the school populations. That said, the “K-wave” had not reached the depths of Naperville yet, and I remember K-pop lov
3. countable, euphemistic, informal, uncountable Race; common ancestry.
4. countable, informal, uncountable National origin.