ethnicity

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E0229000 (ĕth-nĭs′ĭ-tē)n.1. Ethnic character, background, or affiliation.2. An ethnic group.

eth•nic•i•ty

(ɛθˈnɪs ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties. 1. ethnic traits, background, allegiance, or association. 2. an ethnic group: Representatives of several ethnicities were present. [1945–50]

ethnicity

A person’s ethnic background.

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ethnicity - an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties; "ethnicity has a strong influence on community status relations"quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

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ethnicity

a shared racial, linguistic or national identity of a social group. See also NATIONALISM.

Ethnicity is an imprecise term which has given rise to some degree of conceptual confusion (see also ETHNIC GROUP). It is often conflated with other terms such as racial group.

Ethnicity can incorporate several forms of collective identity, including cultural, religious, national and subcultural forms. A distinction may be drawn between cultural

ethnicity and political ethnicity. The former refers to a belief in a shared language, religion or other such cultural values and practices. The latter refers to the political awareness or mobilization of a group on a (real or assumed) ethnic basis. Although ethnicity is often used in relation to a group's assumed racial identity, strictly racial attributes (see RACE) are not necessarily, or even usually, the defining feature of ethnic groups.

ethnicity

[eth-nis´ĭ-te] affiliation due to shared linguistic, racial, or cultural background; intrinsic elements of one's heritage acquired from one's socially defined forebears that are based on perceptions of cultural differences among groups living in close proximity.

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Vox populi Racial status–ie, African American, Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic

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noun an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties

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