English Dictionary

ethnicity

/ɛθˈnɪsɪti/

noun

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

Ethnicity plays a significant role in shaping cultural identity.

意味（1）

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

Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?

意味（2）

An ethnic group.

意味（3）

(casual, euphemistic) Race; common ancestry.