Look up: ethnicity

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   Ethnicity
   Cultural values and norms which distinguish the members of a given group from others. An ethnic group is one whose members share a distinct awareness of a common cultural identity, separating them from other groups around them. In virtually all societies ethnic differences are associated withvariations in power and material wealth. Where ethnic differences are also regarded as racial, such divisions are sometimes especially pronounced.
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   ethnicity
   [n] - an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
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   Ethnicity
   a shared cultural heritage
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   ethnicity
   distinguishes people on the basis of cultural characteristics such as language or national origin Category: Statistics
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   ethnicity
   noun an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties; `ethnicity has a strong influence on community status relations`
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   ethnicity
   (from the article `anthropology`) Ethnicity refers to the identification of a group based on a perceived cultural distinctiveness that makes the group into a `people.` This ... ...and political groups in pre-Columbian Northern America is also problematic, not least because definitions of what constitutes an ethnic group or a ....
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   ethnicity
   ethnicity 1. Belonging to an ethnic group. 2. Ethnic traits in general.
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