Minority Small People Large Group Noun Bre Maɪˈnɒrəti

• only a small minority of students is/are interested in politics these days.
• for a minority, the decision was a disappointment.
• minority shareholders in the bank
• the rights of ethnic/racial minorities

minority

1. the smaller part of a group; less than half of the people or things in a large group
• opposite majority
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• Only a small minority of students is/are interested in politics these days.
• For a minority, the decision was a disappointment.
• minority shareholders in the bank
2. a small group within a community or country that is different because of race, religion, language, etc.
• the rights of ethnic/racial minorities
• minority languages
• a large German-speaking minority in the east of the country
• The school is 95 per cent minority (= 95 per cent of children are not white Americans but from different groups).
• minority neighborhoods (= where no or few white people live)
3. the state of being under the age at which you are legally an adult
• When his minority ended he had to fight to reclaim his property.
4. to form much less than half of a large group
• Men are in the minority in this profession.
5. to be the only person to have a particular opinion or to vote a particular way

Extra Examples

• Only a tiny minority of products are affected.
• Qualified minority applicants are highly sought after.
• We are in the minority on this issue.
• You are definitely among the minority.
• a sizeable minority of the population
• people from ethnic minorities
• the view of a small but vociferous minority

Word Origin

• late 15th cent. (in sense (3)): from French minorité or medieval Latin minoritas, from Latin minor ‘smaller’.