minority
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
minorities
plural
minorities
Britannica Dictionary definition of MINORITY
1
[singular]
:
a number or amount that is less than half of a total
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The proposal is opposed by a minority of voters.
2
[singular]
:
the group that is the smaller part of a larger group
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The Republicans/Democrats are now the minority in the Senate.
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Opponents of the new law appear to be in the minority. [=there are fewer people who oppose the new law than who support it]
3
[count]
a
:
a group of people who are different from the larger group in a country, area, etc., in some way (such as race or religion)
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the country's ethnic minorities
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The group is becoming an influential minority in the community.
b
chiefly US
:
a member of such a group
— usually plural
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The college encouraged women and minorities to apply.
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The company is making an effort to hire more minorities.
4
[noncount]
law
:
the time or period when a person is not yet old enough to have the full rights of an adult
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compare majority 3
— minority
adjective, always used before a noun-
Republicans/Democrats are the minority party in the Senate.
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a minority group
