minority
has definitions from the fields of politics,law
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[ noun ] (politics) a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Old attitudes are held more tenaciously in the Tidewater than the Piedmont ; so_that a line running down the length of the South marking the upper_limits of tidewater would roughly divide the Old_South from the new , but with , of_course , important minority enclaves . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)Lacking the respected and effective institutions that consensus helps provide , minority parties , such_as the P.D.I. in 1957 and the progressive Istiqlal faction in 1958 , clamor for elections when out of power , but are not at_all certain they wish_to be controlled by popular choice when in power . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)Her speech was barren_of southernisms ; she was one of Eliot_Sparling 's neutralized minorities , adopting the rolling R 's and constricted vowels of Los_Angeles . Related terms |
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[ noun ] being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
Examples "when the vote was taken they were in the minority" "he held a minority position" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Because they are `` minority '' exercises and have but a limited appeal they soon find themselves in the limbo of the forgotten . |
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[ noun ] (law) any age prior to the legal age
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