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Ethnicity

/ɛθˈnɪsɪti/

The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.

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noun

1
The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.
2
An ethnic group.
3
(casual) Race; common ancestry.

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Word	Definition
ethnicnoun	Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
racialnoun	(gaming) A skill possessed by all characters of a certain race.
nationalitynoun	National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.
nationnoun	(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
tribenoun	(history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
strainnoun	(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
sourcenoun	The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
originnoun	The beginning of something.
descentnoun	An instance of descending; act of coming down.
sweatnoun	Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
seamnoun	(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
racenoun	A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
stumpnoun	The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
ethnic groupnoun	A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.
heritagenoun	A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
ancestrynoun	A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended.
backgroundnoun	A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
identitynoun	The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.
stocknoun	A store or supply.
rootsnoun	Ancestry.