Minority | Mean of minority in English Dictionary

/məˈnorəti/

• Noun
• a number or amount that is less than half of a total
1. The proposal is opposed by a minority of voters.
• the group that is the smaller part of a larger group
1. The Republicans/Democrats are now the minority in the Senate.
2. Opponents of the new law appear to be in the minority. [=there are fewer people who oppose the new law than who support it]
• a group of people who are different from the larger group in a country, area, etc., in some way (such as race or religion)
1. the country's ethnic minorities
2. The group is becoming an influential minority in the community.

• a member of such a group
1. The college encouraged women and minorities to apply.
2. The company is making an effort to hire more minorities.
• the time or period when a person is not yet old enough to have the full rights of an adult