ethnic group
A community that shares the same *ethnicity, i.e. a common culture, heritage, and background, underpinned by a shared language and in some cases attachment to a particular piece of territory. Most ethnic groups also share a myth of origin that assumes a shared set of genetic dispositions and personality characteristics, although these have often been called into question by historical and scientific research. Because the term ... ...
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