minority
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3.5
- noun
- /maɪˈnɔrɪti/
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minoría
- In the city council meeting, a proposal to increase funding for minority programs was supported by the minority of attendees.
- ethnic minorities
- racial minorities
- minority groups
And we are still in the minority in a lot of these spaces.
- And we are still in the minority in a lot of these spaces.
- It's it's they're losing minority voters, right?
- It's a it's a like minority thing.
- Our emotion said the white minority is an enemy.
- Poor people are twice as likely to be a minority, black, Hispanic.
- The BAME community, Black, Asian, minority ethnic, that's what they call us now.
- People think, you know, that they're siding with, let's say, minority or an oppressed people.
- It was closed, of course, to minorities almost entirely.
- Question one, how are minority issues affecting this year's elections?
- We are a place where minorities can feel welcome and not under threat.
- She introduced the term market dominant minorities, meaning these.
- Featuring works of minority, you know, minority professionals in your setting.
- And this is also concerning the sexual minorities that gay rights.
- It was Catholics were minority, religious minority.
- So if you are kind of don't talk to the minority cashier, you're racist.
- Women's rights, women's rights, LBGTQI, minority rights, minority rights, voting rights, people's rights.
Examples
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All nations contain religious minorities.
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This court has been diligent in protecting the rights of minorities.
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And we are still in the minority in a lot of these spaces.
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But it was a very strange thing to be in the minority when I came to Boston.
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Another study suggested that some minority groups may be at particular risk for bullying.
Academic text (2013) -
Let's hear now from those in the minority, those who wouldn't turn.
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Sixty percent of the student population was minority, and 56% of students qualified for free/reduced price lunch.
Academic text (2015) -
A high proportion of students were minorities, with Hispanics representing 50% of the enrollment.
Academic text (2011) -
The documentary highlighted the challenges faced by a minority group that struggles for equal representation in the government.
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As a member of a religious minority, she often felt marginalized in a society that prioritized the beliefs of the majority.
Synonyms
A group that has fewer than half the people or votes
Antonyms
Compounds
24
5.6
A person who leads the party with the second most seats in a parliament or other law-making body
12
3.7
A group of people who have different national or cultural traditions from most people in a country
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4.8
Protection and fair treatment for a smaller, less powerful group in society
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Minority comes from the Latin root minor, meaning 'less' or 'smaller', and it is the opposite of majority ('more'). So a minority group is the smaller group in a society and often has less power or representation.