ethnic

adjective

ˈeth-nik How to pronounce ethnic (audio)
Definition of ethnicnext
as in racial
of, relating to, or reflecting the traits exhibited by a group of people with a common ancestry and culture a festival featuring ethnic food and music

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Recent Examples of ethnic Racial and ethnic shifts were even more pronounced. — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025 This doesn’t mean discrimination is less harmful for Black, Hispanic/Latino or other racial and ethnic groups. — Monica Wang, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025 Yet The Alto Knights never reveals the behavioral secrets that are Scorsese’s special insight into how ethnic habit informs men’s private and public character. — Armond White, National Review, 21 Mar. 2025 These groups have the lowest life expectancy at birth when compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., according to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health. — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ethnic

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