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minority |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Minority \Mi*nor"i*ty\, n.; pl {Minorities}. [Cf. F. minorit['e]. See {Minor}, a. & n.] 1. The state of being a minor, or under age. 2. State of being less or small [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 3. The smaller number; -- opposed to {majority}; as the minority must be ruled by the majority. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: minority n 1: a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part 2: being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position" [ant: {majority}] 3: any age prior to the legal age [syn: {nonage}] [ant: {majority}]
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