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Descriptor English: Ethnicity
Descriptor Spanish: Etnicidad
Descriptor etnicidad
Entry term(s) estado de múltiples etnias
estado multinacional
estado multiétnico
estados de múltiples etnias
estados multinacionales
estados multiétnicos
etnia
etnias
grupos étnicos
identidad cultural
identidad étnica
nacionalidad
nacionalidades
patria étnica
Scope note: Grupo de personas con una herencia cultural común que las distingue de otras en diversas relaciones sociales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Etnicidade
Descriptor French: Ethnies
Entry term(s): Ethnic Group
Ethnic Groups
Multiethnic State
Multiethnic States
Multinational State
Multinational States
Multiple Ethnic State
Multiple Ethnic States
Nationalities
Nationality
Tree number(s): M01.686.477.625.188
N01.224.317
SP3.522.561.162.267
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005006
Scope note: A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.
Annotation: do not confuse ethnicity with RACIAL GROUPS
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
GE genetics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Ethnology (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 2022; see ETHNOLOGY 1966-1967, see ETHNIC GROUPS 1968-2021
History Note: 2022(1968)
DeCS ID: 23904
Unique ID: D005006
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30
Ethnicity - Preferred
Concept UI M0007876
Scope note A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.
Preferred term Ethnicity
Nationality - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0007877
Scope note Status as a native or naturalized person who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to its protection.
Preferred term Nationality
Entry term(s) Nationalities
Multinational State - Narrower
Concept UI FD00062091
Scope note A state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities. (From: Ethnicity vocabulary. Available in: https://quizlet.com/1524657/ethnicity-vocabulary-flash-cards/)
Preferred term Multinational State
Entry term(s) Multiethnic State
Multiethnic States
Multinational States
Multiple Ethnic State
Multiple Ethnic States
Ethnic Groups - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000750116
Preferred term Ethnic Groups
Entry term(s) Ethnic Group



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