ethnic diversity

Mixed heritage population

Ethnic diversity describes the presence of multiple ethnic groups within a population, region, or organization.

A neighborhood with ethnic diversity includes people from various cultural backgrounds.

The term appears frequently in discussions of demographics, workplace composition, and social policy: The university prides itself on its ethnic diversity.

Ethnic diversity enriches communities with different traditions and perspectives.

Opposites
demographic composition

ethnic diversityhomogeneity

State of sameness throughout

monoculture · uniformity · sameness

social/political ideology

ethnic diversityethnonationalism

Politics privileging ethnic identity

racial purity · segregation · ethnic cleansing · apartheid · white nationalism

Family

diverse, diversity, ethnic, diversified, ethnicity, diversification, ethnically, multiethnic, diversifying

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