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Plural of ethnicity

regular plural

The plural of ethnicity is ethnicities.

Forms of ethnicity

Singularethnicity /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/
Pluralethnicities
Countablecountable and uncountable

Ethnicities in a sentence

  • As a young Asian American, I was lucky growing up in an inclusive suburb, where although known to be predominantly Caucasian, all blends of cultures and ethnicities were embodied in the school populations.2021 December 14, Hibaq Farah, quoting Zee S, “‘BTS taught me that I am worthy’: readers on why they love the K-pop superstars”, in The...
  • The Brazilian population is multiethnic—that is, it has many ethnicities.From the entry that is
  • Elections as wardmaster or commissioner on the council were open to all ethnicities but not to all classes, or to women.2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 310. From the entry wardmaster
  • While many Blacks are cool, and some—such as Miles Davis and Dave Chappelle—are cool enough to outcool entire other ethnicities all by themselves, not all Blacks are cool.2009, Kevin Hechinger, Curtis Hechinger, Hechinger's Field Guide to Ethnic Stereotypes, page 12. From the entry outcool
  • At the center of these debates in the Kivus was the Congolese Rwandophone community (both Hutu and Tutsi), which had long been viewed with suspicion by other eastern Congolese ethnicities.2011, Zachariah Cherian Mampilly, chapter 6, in Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War, Ithaca, NY: Cornell…. From the entry Rwandophone

Meaning of ethnicity

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

Full definition of ethnicity

Questions about the plural of ethnicity

What is the plural of ethnicity?
The plural of ethnicity is ethnicities.
Is ethnicity countable?
Ethnicity is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethnicity (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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