About The Word Minority
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Minority
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What's The Definition Of Minority?
[n] being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position"
[n] a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part [n] any age prior to the legal age Synonyms | Synonyms for Minority: nonage Related Terms | Find terms related to Minority: back seat | callowness | dewiness | disability | disablement | disqualification | freshness | greenness | humbleness | humility | imbecility | immaturity | inability | inadequacy | incapability | incapacitation | incapacity | incompetence | incompetency | inefficiency | ineptitude | inexperience | infancy | inferiority | insufficiency | juiciness | juniority | least | legal incapacity | lowliness | minority group | nonage | rawness | sappiness | second fiddle | second string | secondariness | servility | subjection | subordinacy | subordination | subservience | the few | the minority | third string | undevelopment | unfitness | unripeness | wardship | we happy few See Also | age | eld | figure | legal status | number | social group Minority In Webster's Dictionary \Mi*nor"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Minorities}. [Cf. F.
minorit['e]. See {Minor}, a. & n.]
1. The state of being a minor, or under age.
2. State of being less or small. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
3. The smaller number; -- opposed to {majority}; as, the
minority must be ruled by the majority.
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