minority

Definition:
1. The smaller part of a group.
2. A small group within a community or country that is different because of race, religion, language, etc.

Use 'minority' in a sentence:

• 1. No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged minority.
• 2. Only a minority of the people supported the Revolution.
• 3. The test of any civilised society is how it treats its minorities.
• 4. Among the minority of studies that have reported advantages of single-sex schooling, virtually all of them were studies of girls.
• 5. Thanks, but in view of the general responses, you and I are definitely in the minority.
• 6. Members of 21 minorities live in this area.
• 7. Only a minority of the people voted.
• 8. These children are only a small minority.
• 9. The current overwhelming promotion of white middle-class ideas and lifestyles risks alienating children from minority groups.
• 10. The system of proportional representation has led to the minority parties continually holding the balance of power in the parliament.
• 11. It was a salutary experience to be in the minority.
• 12. Promising as it is for minority businesses, this increased patronage poses dangers for them, too.
• 13. We are a minority and must win people round to the justice of our cause.
• 14. The government seems not to be troubled by its inconsistent policies on minority rights.
• 15. Leaving aside the tiny minority who are clinically depressed, most people who have bad moods also have very good moods.
• 16. Hawaii's native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs.
• 17. MESBIC's are now emerging as increasingly important financing sources for minority enterprises.
• 18. Only a small minority of the mentally ill are liable to harm themselves or others.
• 19. Some thought it was unfair to minority children.
• 20. The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.
• 21. Ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs.
• 22. The ethnic minorities will be effectively stateless.
• 23. There is a crying need for more magistrates from the ethnic minority communities.
• 24. Characters that did represent a minority culture usually had secondary roles in the books.
• 25. The unity of our society is threatened by troublesome and restless minorities.
• 26. The rise of racism concerns Sikhs because they are such a visible minority.
• 27. We are a minority and must convince people of the justice of our cause.
• 28. In conducting research on cultural and ethnic minority issues, investigators distinguish between the emic approach and the etic approach.
• 29. They have no means, short of civil war, to enforce their will upon the minorities.
• 30. The police are trying to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities.
• 31. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
• 32. The regime is accused of oppressing religious minorities.
• 33. Is his promotion evidence of the minorities' advance, or mere tokenism?
• 34. The liberal agenda is not calculated to help minority groups.
• 35. The capital is used by a participating company to establish a Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Company or MESBIC.
• 36. A minority enterprise that secures the business of one large corporate customer often runs the danger of becoming dependent.
• 37. We cannot make this minority a convenient excuse to turn our backs.
• 38. A final settlement must respect minority rights.
• 39. Within French-speaking Quebec, anglophone, allophone and Aboriginal minorities also exist.
• 40. Minority cultures within the United States often raised issues of cross-cultural conflict.
• 41. The school is 95 per cent minority.
• 42. Only a tiny minority hold such extreme views.
• 43. Some minority languages are losing their identities because of the invasion of more popular spoken ones.
• 44. Local authority child-care provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers.
• 45. They promote social integration and assimilation of minority ethnic groups into the culture.
• 46. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers.
• 47. The jail's female and minority populations have both ballooned in recent years.
• 48. Our proposal tries to accommodate the special needs of minority groups.
• 49. Even in the 1960s, politically active students and academics were in a minority.
• 50. Only a minority of young people play classical instruments.
• 51. Attempts to limit family size among some minorities are likely to cause problems.
• 52. Although the Yakutians are a minority, they have firm control of the territory.