Synonyms for ethnicity
ɛθˈnɪs ɪ tieth·nic·i·ty

Princeton's WordNet

1. ethnicitynoun

   an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties

   "ethnicity has a strong influence on community status relations"

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1. List of paraphrases for "ethnicity":

   ethnic, race, racial

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How to use ethnicity in a sentence?

1. Ridley Scott:

   We cast major actors from different ethnicities to reflect this diversity of culture, from Iranians to Spaniards to Arabs, there are many different theories about the ethnicity of the Egyptian people, and we had a lot of discussions about how to best represent the culture.

2. Ezra Dolezal:

   We are her birth parents, we do not understand why she feels it's necessary to misrepresent her ethnicity.

3. Andy McKean:

   He sets, in my opinion, a poor example for the nation and particularly for our children by personally insulting -- often in a crude and juvenile fashion -- those who disagree with him, being a bully at a time when we we are attempting to discourage bullying, his frequent disregard for the truth and his willingness to ridicule or marginalize people for their appearance, ethnicity or disability.

4. Steve King:

   Jorge Ramos' stock in trade is identifying and trying to drive wedges between race, race and ethnicity, I should say to be more correct. When you start accentuating the differences, then you start ending up with people that are at each other's throats. And he's adding up Hispanics and blacks into what he predicts will be in greater number than whites in America. I will predict that Hispanics and the blacks will be fighting each other before that happens.

5. Beau Biden:

   This nation was built on an idea, the only nation in the world built on an idea. Every other nation is built on ethnicity, geography, religion, etcetera. We were built on an idea, the idea of liberty, an opportunity for all.