minority
noun
uk
/maɪˈnɒr.ə.ti/ us
/maɪˈnɔːr.ə.t̬i/minority noun (SMALL PART)
- Because the two main parties have won almost the same number of votes, the minority group holds the key to the result.
- The fact that a party can be voted into power by a minority of the electorate calls into question the country's electoral system.
- It's a minority of these people who are causing trouble.
- Those who want violence are in the minority.
- In a minority of cases, a prison sentence is appropriate.
- (at) full steam idiom
- (at) full stretch idiom
- at a nadir
- at capacity
- at least idiom
- full marks
- give a hundred percent idiom
- great majority
- in the majority
- live something to the full
- load-bearing
- majority
- majority of something
- max
- minority interest
- minority of something
- nadir
- reach a nadir
- submaximal
- the full monty
minority noun (PEOPLE)
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ethnic minority Ethnic minorities make up around 8% of the population of the country.
- Government by majority rule can be a threat to minority rights.
- Human rights activists have accused the country's government of a systematic perpetration of violence against minority groups.
- Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements.
- They are members of a racial minority.
- What are the prospects for overcoming the strife between the Christian minority and Muslim majority?
