'Minority' definitions:
Definition of 'minority'
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Definition of 'Minority'
From: GCIDE
- Minority \Mi*nor"i*ty\, n.; pl. Minorities. [Cf. F. minorit['e]. See Minor, a. & n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The state of being a minor, or under age. [1913 Webster]
- 2. State of being less or small. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The smaller number; -- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Those members of a legislature that belong to the political party which is in the minority in that institution; as, the bill will pass even if the minority are strongly opposed. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'minority'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- back seat,
- callowness,
- dewiness,
- disability,
- disablement,
- disqualification,
- freshness,
- greenness,
- humbleness,
- humility,
- imbecility,
- immaturity,
- inability,
- inadequacy,
- incapability,
- incapacitation,
- incapacity,
- incompetence,
- incompetency,
- inefficiency,
- ineptitude,
- inexperience,
- infancy,
- inferiority,
- insufficiency,
- juiciness,
- juniority,
- least,
- legal incapacity,
- lowliness,
- minority group,
- nonage,
- rawness,
- sappiness,
- second fiddle,
- second string,
- secondariness,
- servility,
- subjection,
- subordinacy,
- subordination,
- subservience,
- the few,
- the minority,
- third string,
- undevelopment,
- unfitness,
- unripeness,
- wardship,
- we happy few
Words containing 'Minority'
- Minor,
- Minorate,
- Minoration,
- Minorities,
- minors,
- Asia Minor,
- Briza minor,
- Canis minor,
- Chordeiles minor,
- Dendrocopus minor,
- Dryobates minor,
- Friars Minor,
- Leo Minor,
- Minor Hill,
- Minor canon,
- Minor mode,
- Minor orders,
- Minor scale,
- Minor third,
- Minor, AL,
- Paradisea minor,
- Philohela minor,
- Picus minor,
- Ursa Minor,
- Vinca minor,
- epilepsia minor,
- ethnic minority,
- lemna minor,
- minor axis,
- minor expense,
- minor key,
- minor league,
- minor leaguer,
- minor matter,
- minor planet,
- minor premise,
- minor premiss,
- minor role,
- minor suit,
- minor surgery,
- minor term,
- minor tranquilizer,
- minor tranquilliser,
- minor tranquillizer,
- minority group,
- minority leader,
- minority opinion,
- pectoralis minor,
- phacelia minor,
- pyrola minor,
- sarracenia minor,
- teres minor,
- variola minor,
- Minor Hill, TN,
- Minor Lane Heights,
- Minor term of a syllogism,
- minor diatonic scale,
- minor fast day,
- minor-league,
- musculus pectoralis minor,
- musculus rhomboideus minor,
- musculus teres minor,
- rhomboid minor muscle,
- teres minor muscle,
- variola minor virus,
- Minor Lane Heights, KY,
- a Minors Gray Friars or Franciscans,
- minor-league club,
- minor-league team