Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Ethnic character, background, or affiliation.
- n. An ethnic group.
Wiktionary
- n. The common characteristics of a group of people.
- n. An ethnic group.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
Examples
“Marrying within ethnicity is a way of moving beyond that, he said.”
“You start off by saying racism is always about colour, correct, it's about race, then throw out a social construct term ethnicity from the Greek ethnos meaning nation or tribe which is not about race either but instead just social grouping of similarity.”
“Excluding some citizens from running in elections because of their ethnicity is a ludicrously backward concept.”
“Jerry - I'm not accusing the officer of racial profiling, I am rather saying that my ethnicity is an inseverable part of my identity, because society has made it that way (when you ask your friends to describe people, how often is ethnicity a part of that, just naturally?).”
“Granted, its a peculiar form of racism – deny someone an opportunity on the basis of his ethnicity because his ethnicity is an asset – but its arguably even more sinister than straightforward racism ... since now the ethnic minority is not only discriminated against, but is considered simultaneously privileged.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation
“Neither the term ethnicity nor nationalism were originally mine, but the accuser’s.”
““Comparing life expectancy without looking at differences in ethnicity and lifestyles is ridiculous.””
“Comparing life expectancy without looking at differences in ethnicity and lifestyles is ridiculous.”
“If you think ethnicity is irrelevant as a basis for policy making, tell the Palestinians on the West Bank that they have no right to object as a collectivity to Israeli settlements.”
“Opponents argue that homelessness, unlike race or ethnicity, is not a permanent condition and that broadening hate crimes to include it would dilute the law.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ethnicity’.
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Politically Correct Terms
It's fun to find the politically incorrect equivalents. To see more (lesser common but still funny ones) check http://www.bored.com/pcphrases/
fellow Muslims, ageing population, gender mainstreaming, emerging democracies, mentally challeng..., intellectually di..., African American, native American, first nations, Caucasian, firefighter, police officer and 205 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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Words That Populate My Mind
This is a collection of words I love, old ones that I love the sound of when I repeat them for years and new ones coined in news articles on up and coming trends and technologies - most of them I k...
aroma, mojo, blithely, fringe, fray, synchronicity, doublespeak, buzzword, thoughtcrime, portmanteau, newspeak, oldspeak and 963 more...
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post-colonial terms
aboriginal, abrogation, alterity, ambivalence, apartheid, appropriation, authenticity, binarism, black consciousness, cannibal, caribbean, cartography and 38 more...
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rad/cool/nifty/tubular
scopophobic, mindsight, ubiquity, mexicocity, dwellspring, maverick, skullduggery, future shock, jolly balance, fetid, unglimpsed..., boz pity, defy comparison and 23 more...
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Meanings, value or even existence are...
love, god, truth, real, authentic, culture, purity, race, ethnicity, safe, alone, value and 4 more...
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