Minority - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
he held a minority position
Extra examples
The proposal is opposed by a minority of voters.
The Republicans are now the minority in the Senate.
The group is becoming an influential minority in the community.
Gaelic is still spoken in Ireland by a tiny minority.
Only a minority of people support these new laws.
Gay men are a small but significant minority.
People from ethnic minorities often face prejudice.
Businesses are under pressure to hire minorities and women.
The policy of the school is to give preference to minority candidates.
The senator's constituency includes a large minority population.
His comments about minority groups offended many of us.
Minority groups find themselves in a disadvantageous position.
...one sect of medical researchers holds the minority view that the disease is not caused by that virus...
It is possible that at this election some of the minority parties might succeed in breaking through into parliament.
The Voting Rights Act was needed to empower minority groups.
Word forms
singular: minority
plural: minorities
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