minority
pronunciation
How to pronounce minority in British English:
UK [maɪˈnɒrəti]
How to pronounce minority in American English:
US [maɪˈnɔːrəti]
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- Noun:
- a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
- being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
- any age prior to the legal age
Word Origin
- minority (n.)
- 1530s, "condition of being smaller," from Middle French minorité (15c.), or directly from Medieval Latin minoritatem (nominative minoritas), from Latin minor (see minor (adj.)). Meaning "state of being under legal age" is from 1540s; that of "smaller number or part" is from 1736. The meaning "group of people separated from the rest of a community by race, religion, language, etc." is from 1919, originally in an Eastern European context.
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Example
- 1. The tech giant is not in the minority .
- 2. A group of tnk-bp minority shareholders , with ties to tnk , sued bp for mishandling the rosneft deal .
- 3. What are the checks on so much power and the rights of minority shareholders for protection ?
- 4. But she is among a small minority .
- 5. Why this sudden personal focus on the minority leader ?