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What (who) is Minority - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Minority (disambiguation); Minority (song); Minorty
minority
¦ noun (plural minorities)
1. the smaller number or part; a number or part representing less than half of the whole.
a relatively small group of people, differing from others in race, religion, language, or political persuasion.
2. the state or period of being a minor.
Origin
C15: from Fr. minorite or med. L. minoritas, from L. minor (see minor).
Minority
·adj & ·noun State of being less or small.
II. Minority ·adj & ·noun The state of being a minor, or under age.
III. Minority ·adj & ·noun The smaller number;
- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority.
minority
n. in a minority (we were in the minority; in a minority of cases)
Examples of use of Minority
1. "Benny is a minority of a minority of a minority.
2. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi; Minority Whip Steny Hoyer; Rep.
3. The teaching of ethnic minority languages has been promoted in areas inhabited by ethnic minority groups.
4. Today, the philanthropic arm of the AMA provides scholarships to support minority medical students and has created the Minority Affairs Consortium to promote the training of minority doctors.
5. House Republican leaders such as Blunt, the minority whip, and Minority Leader John A.