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• small minority — small group of people that are considered insignificant, small quantity …   English contemporary dictionary

• minority — mi|nor|i|ty W2S3 [maıˈnɔrıti US mıˈno: , mıˈna: ] n plural minorities 1.) [singular also + plural verb] a small group of people or things within a much larger group ≠ ↑majority ▪ Gaelic is still spoken in Ireland by a tiny minority. minority of ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• minority — I UK [maɪˈnɒrətɪ] / US [maɪˈnɔrətɪ] noun Word forms minority : singular minority plural minorities *** 1) [singular] a small number of people or things that are part of a larger group but different in some way from most of the group There are not …   English dictionary

• minority — mi|nor|i|ty1 [ maı nɔrəti ] noun *** 1. ) count a small number of people or things that are part of a larger group but different in some way from most of the group: There are not many, a tiny minority, who have misbehaved outrageously. minority… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• minority — [[t]mɪnɒ̱rɪti, AM nɔ͟ːr [/t]] ♦♦ minorities 1) N SING: oft N of n If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half …   English dictionary

• minority*/*/ — [maɪˈnɒrəti] noun [C] I 1) a group of people or things that forms less than half of a larger group Ant: majority In a small minority of cases, the treatment does not help.[/ex] Women are in the minority in the top ranks of government.[/ex] 2) a… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• minority — mi·nor·i·ty n pl ties 1 a: the period before attainment of majority b: the state of being a minor 2: the smaller of two groups constituting a whole: as a: a group (as in a legislative body) having less than the number of votes necessary for… …   Law dictionary

• Minority Report (film) — Minority Report …   Wikipedia

• Minority leader of the United States House of Representatives — Democratic Leader Incumbent Nancy Pelosi …   Wikipedia

• Minority Report: Everybody Runs — North American cover art Developer(s) Treyarch Publisher(s) Act …   Wikipedia

• Minority politics in Iraq — are represented by its various ethnic and religious groups. The Kurds (Muslim, Yarsan and Yezidi), Assyrians, and Iraqi Turkmen represent the three largest non Arab minorities in the country. Other smaller ethnic groups include Armenians, Roma,… …   Wikipedia