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10 Language-to-English DictionariesEthnicity
/ɛθˈnɪs.ə.ti/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The fact or state of belonging to a particular social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.
"The census collects data on race, ethnicity, and language."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek word 'ethnos', meaning a nation or tribe, combined with the suffix '-ity'. It entered the English language in the mid-19th century and gained broader anthropological and sociological usage in the mid-20th century to describe shared cultural, linguistic, and ancestral heritages.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ethnicity" is said worldwide
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ethnicité
Transliteration: ethnicité
"Le formulaire demande des informations sur l'ethnicité."
Ethnizität
Transliteration: Ethnizität
"Die Studie untersucht den Einfluss von Ethnizität auf die Gesundheit."
etnia
Transliteration: etnia
"La legge vieta la discriminazione basata sull'etnia."
etnicidad
Transliteration: etnicidad
"La diversidad cultural y la etnicidad enriquecen a la sociedad."
etnia
Transliteration: etnia
"Eles celebram várias culturas, independentemente da etnia."
जातीयता
Transliteration: jaatiyata
"विविधता हमारी संस्कृति का एक महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा है, जिसमें हर जातीयता शामिल है।"
种族
Transliteration: zhǒngzú
"这项调查包含了关于种族和背景的问题。"
민족성
Transliteration: minjokseong
"그들은 다양한 민족성의 사람들을 환영합니다."
民族
Transliteration: minzoku
"私たちは民族の違いに関わらず平等に扱われるべきです。"
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