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minority minorities

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nounIf you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half.Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers.These children are only a small minority....minority shareholders.A minority is a group of people of the same race, culture, or religion who live in a place where most of the people around them are of a different race, culture, or religion....the region's ethnic minorities.Students have called for greater numbers of women and minorities on the faculty.A final settlement must respect minority rights. B2

word	minority
definition	noun If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers. These children are only a small minority. ...minority shareholders. A minority is a group of people of the same race, culture, or religion who live in a place where most of the people around them are of a different race, culture, or religion. ...the region's ethnic minorities. Students have called for greater numbers of women and minorities on the faculty. A final settlement must respect minority rights.
inflections	minorities
cefr-level	B2

Minority People Larger Group Race Culture Noun Talk