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Minority logo #10101) Few 2) Fewness 3) Inferiority 4) Nonage 5) Youth
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Minority logo #10101) French word used in English 2) Smaller number or part 3) Social group
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minority logo #21214n. 1) in voting, a side with less than half the votes. 2) a term for people in a predominantly Caucasian country who are not Caucasian, such as the United States where Caucasians comprise the majority and the minorities include African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, indigenous Americans (Indians) and other so-called "people of color." This ironic te...
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Minority logo #21000[Gigi Gryce song] Minority is a 16-bar jazz standard in a minor key by Gigi Gryce, first recorded with Clifford Brown in Paris on October 8, 1953. Gryce recorded it again with Art Blakey, and again on his The Hap`nin`s album for Prestige (May 3, 1960). It is one of the 500 songs in the 6th Edition Real Book where it appears on page 273 and ...
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Minority logo #21000[philosophy] Minority, and the related concept of `becoming-minor,` is a philosophical concept developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in their books Kafka: Towards a Minor Literature (1975), A Thousand Plateaus (1980), and elsewhere. In these texts, they criticize the concept of `majority`. For Deleuze and Guattari, `becoming-minor...
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Minority logo #21002• (a. & n.) The smaller number; -- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority. • (a. & n.) State of being less or small. • (a. & n.) The state of being a minor, or under age.
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Minority logo #20428a category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural traits, who are socially disadvantaged
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minority logo #20148[Noun] Plural form: minorities. Less than half, the smaller part or number. Also, a small group of people who are of a different race or religion to the rest of the population.
Example: Only a minority of British people speak French.
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minority logo #21003a culturally, ethnically, or racially distinct group living within a larger society. When used to describe such a group, the term carries with it a ... [22 related articles]
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Minority logo #21213(n) Minority is the group of persons in a population which cannot muster enough votes or voting rights as a group to control the affaires of that population. A minority is a relative term with respect to that particular population. A minority at one place can very well become a majority in another place or it can even change from case to case withi...
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Minority logo #10444Any small group in a society that is different from the rest. Differences often include race, religion or political views.
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Minority logo #20972Mi·nor'i·ty noun ; plural Minorities . [ Confer French minorité . See Minor , adjective & noun ] 1. The state of being a minor, or under age. 2. State of being less or small. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne. 3. The s...
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Minority logo #21212The state or condition of a minor; infancy. In another sense, it signifies the lesser number of votes of a deliberative assembly; opposed to majority.
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minority logo #20400[n] - any age prior to the legal age 2. [n] - a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part 3. [n] - being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
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Minority logo #23795Minority is a term often used to describe racially, ethnically, or culturally distinct groups that are usually subordinate to more dominant groups. These groups are called Minority Groups. However, a minority in one setting is not always a minority in another. For example, Black students typically make up the bulk of the campus population at histor...
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minority logo #20974 noun being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; `when the vote was taken they were in the minority`; `he held a minority position`
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minority logo #22845a group of people who differ from a larger group
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