ethnic minority

British  

noun

1. an immigrant or racial group regarded by those claiming to speak for the cultural majority as distinct and unassimilated

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ethnic minority

She says much of the discussion about rising rates of the disease among younger people has focused on ethnic minority groups, which have traditionally been considered at higher risk.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Since the coup, some of Myanmar's myriad ethnic minority factions have banded with pro-democracy guerrillas to fight the armed forces.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Anti-putsch protests were put down by security forces, but activists quit the cities to form pro-democracy guerrilla groups, fighting alongside ethnic minority armies which have long resisted central rule.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Consequences of the conflict also spilled across the border into India, with thousands of people, many from Myanmar's Chin ethnic minority, taking refuge in India's north-eastern states of Mizoram and Manipur.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

More than 90 percent of the school’s nine hundred students were black or from an ethnic minority; a fifth of them were the children of immigrants or asylum seekers.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama