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minority

noun as in a group differing from the majority

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Example Sentences

Latinos, the fastest growing minority group in America, are even more underrepresented in Congress.

For my friend, a small minority of JSwipe matches materialized into conversations, and none have materialized into dates.

The two major complaints minority communities have against the police seem at first glance paradoxical.

Veterans are a small minority of the population, as well, serving the greater whole.

There, many minority parents supported Tom Torklarson, who favored the education reform agenda.

While the majority pulled in one way there was an active minority that wished the Nana to set up an independent kingdom.

Though that party may be a minority of the faithful few, the members are enough to continue the organization.

In regard to this question of economic condition the Minority Report took a more modest view.

The Americans had some great British leaders on their side, but they were definitely in the minority.

But the members who were disposed to let him have even half as many troops as he thought necessary were a minority.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to minority, such as: opposition, less than half, splinter group, the few, the outnumbered, and the outvoted.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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