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| mi·nor·i·ty [ mi náwrətee, mī náwrətee ] |
noun (plural mi·nor·i·ties) |
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1. smaller group: a group of people or things that is a small part of a much larger group
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2. group with insufficient votes to win: a group that has fewer votes in an organization than another group or groups
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3. smaller socially defined group: a group of people, within a society, whose members have different ethnic, racial, national, religious, sexual, political, linguistic, or other characteristics from the rest of society
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4. offensive term: an offensive term for a member of a minority group
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5. law nonadulthood: the state or period of being younger than the legal age of adulthood
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adjective |
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1. of minority: relating to or constituting a minority
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2. offensive term: an offensive term meaning belonging to, used or inhabited by, or involving a particular group of people within society who are different from the majority, especially ethnically or racially different
  minority schools
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