minority group

noun

Origin

1960-65

Examples from the web for minority group

With the ability to manipulate the contents of districts it is indeed possible for a minority group to have majority influence.
With the help of minority group blocs, voters soundly rejected the tax.
To remove a basic right from another minority group.
And as long as single-member districts exist, the local political minority group is going to be screwed.
Two other minority group,on both sides are in fact setting the tone.
Same thing for any minority group, really--trying to make it our fault they treat us differently.
The privileged minority group that controls our media cannot allow that to happen.
The fateful story of a police department, a minority group--and one cop who tries to bridge the gulf.

Encyclopedia Article for minority group

minority

a culturally, ethnically, or racially distinct group that coexists with but is subordinate to a more dominant group. As the term is used in the social sciences, this subordinancy is the chief defining characteristic of a minority group. As such, minority status does not necessarily correlate to population. In some cases one or more so-called minority groups may have a population many times the size of the dominating group, as was the case in South Africa under apartheid (c. 1950-91).

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