minority

[maɪˈnɔːrəti]

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.