- 1[singular] the smaller part of a group; less than half of the people or things in a large group 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 opposite majority
- 2[countable] 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 percent minority (= 95 percent of children are not white Americans but from different groups). minority neighborhoods (= where no or few white people live)
- 3[uncountable] (law) 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. Idioms
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NAmE//məˈnɔrət̮i//, NAmE//maɪˈnɔrət̮i//, NAmE//məˈnɑrət̮i//, NAmE//maɪˈnɑrət̮i//
(pl. minorities)to form less than half of a large group Men are in the minority in this profession.
to be the only person to have a particular opinion or to vote a particular way
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