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Synonyms for minority

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mi-nawr-i-tee, -nor, -mahy-
Phonetic Transcription : mɪˈnɔr ɪ ti, -ˈnɒr, -maɪ-

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Définition of minority

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun an outnumbered group
  • noun the time before one is of legal age
  • noun youth
Example sentences :
  • And because the foreigners were in the minority they could not well defend themselves.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • If the minority will not acquiesce, the majority must, or the Government must cease.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The House divided and the government were left in a minority of nineteen.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • They are a detestable persecution when a minority promotes them.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • True, there were deputies and some others who were experienced; but they were in the minority.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • The king's minority was declared to be at an end in March, 1833.
  • Extract from : « The Hawaiian Islands » by The Department of Foreign Affairs
  • The wardship of this fief and manor, during the minority of the seigneur, was in the Crown.
  • Extract from : « The Coinages of the Channel Islands » by B. Lowsley
  • I concur in the opinion of the minority that the resolution ought to be adopted.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • But you are the minority, and there are too many against you.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • But Moyne and I were no doubt in a minority in that assembly.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

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