ethnicityn.

Brit.

/ɛθˈnɪsᵻti/, U.S.

/ɛθˈnɪsədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ethnic adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < ethnic adj. + -ity suffix. In sense 1 after Spanish †etnicidad (1758 in the passage translated in quot. 1772).

†1. Paganism, heathen superstition. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun]

heathenessec900

heathenshipa1000

heathendomc1000

idolatrya1325

mammetryc1330

spiritual fornicationa1340

whoredomc1350

prepucya1382

miscreancea1393

imagery1395

gentility?a1425

paganismc1425

paganityc1450

prepucec1475

Mahometry1481

superstitiousness1526

uncircumcision1526

whoring1530

idolry1535

paynimhood1543

image-worshipping1544

paganrya1550

idololatry1550

gentilism1561

old religion1567

heathenishness1571

image worship1572

heathenry1577

irreligiousness?1577

idolatrousness1583

uncircumcisedness1583

irreligion1598

ethnicism1600

infidelity1603

superstition1603

heathenism1605

idolism1608

miscreancy1611

misreligion1623

Baalisma1625

iconolatry1624

idolomania1624

idolomany1624

idolizing1637

idol-worship1667

ethnicity1772

symbololatry1828

Baal-worship1834

irreligionism1843

gentiledom1844

triology1894

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 332 From the curling spume of the celebrated Egean waves fabulous ethnicity [Sp. etnicidad] feigned Venus their idolatress conceived.

2. Status in respect of membership of a group regarded as ultimately of common descent, or having a common national or cultural tradition; ethnic character.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > race > [noun] > peculiarity of

ethnicity1953

1920 I. B. Berkson Theories of Americanization ii. 89 To regard every individual of an ethnic group as having primarily the characteristic nature of that group, as if affiliation with it invested him with a particular kind of ethnicity..is contrary to the doctrine that each individual structure is primary.

1953 D. Riesman in Amer. Scholar 23 i. 15 The groups who, by reason of rural or small-town location, ethnicity, or other parochialism, feel threatened by the better educated upper-middle-class people.

1964 P. Worsley in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 384 Existing barriers of ethnicity imported into office.

2010 J. Bieber Soweto 13/1 Although almost every Sowetan speaks all black South African languages, the issue of ethnicity was one of the biggest problems that we faced.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ethnicity
释义	ethnicityn. Brit. /ɛθˈnɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ɛθˈnɪsədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ethnic adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < ethnic adj. + -ity suffix. In sense 1 after Spanish †etnicidad (1758 in the passage translated in quot. 1772). †1. Paganism, heathen superstition. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun] heathenessec900 heathenshipa1000 heathendomc1000 idolatrya1325 mammetryc1330 spiritual fornicationa1340 whoredomc1350 prepucya1382 miscreancea1393 imagery1395 gentility?a1425 paganismc1425 paganityc1450 prepucec1475 Mahometry1481 superstitiousness1526 uncircumcision1526 whoring1530 idolry1535 paynimhood1543 image-worshipping1544 paganrya1550 idololatry1550 gentilism1561 old religion1567 heathenishness1571 image worship1572 heathenry1577 irreligiousness?1577 idolatrousness1583 uncircumcisedness1583 irreligion1598 ethnicism1600 infidelity1603 superstition1603 heathenism1605 idolism1608 miscreancy1611 misreligion1623 Baalisma1625 iconolatry1624 idolomania1624 idolomany1624 idolizing1637 idol-worship1667 ethnicity1772 symbololatry1828 Baal-worship1834 irreligionism1843 gentiledom1844 triology1894 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 332 From the curling spume of the celebrated Egean waves fabulous ethnicity [Sp. etnicidad] feigned Venus their idolatress conceived. 2. Status in respect of membership of a group regarded as ultimately of common descent, or having a common national or cultural tradition; ethnic character. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > [noun] > peculiarity of ethnicity1953 1920 I. B. Berkson Theories of Americanization ii. 89 To regard every individual of an ethnic group as having primarily the characteristic nature of that group, as if affiliation with it invested him with a particular kind of ethnicity..is contrary to the doctrine that each individual structure is primary. 1953 D. Riesman in Amer. Scholar 23 i. 15 The groups who, by reason of rural or small-town location, ethnicity, or other parochialism, feel threatened by the better educated upper-middle-class people. 1964 P. Worsley in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 384 Existing barriers of ethnicity imported into office. 2010 J. Bieber Soweto 13/1 Although almost every Sowetan speaks all black South African languages, the issue of ethnicity was one of the biggest problems that we faced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1772
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