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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Example Sentences

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

Almost one in four of the children lived in London, while around four in 10 were from an ethnic minority background.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

But the inquiry said that the lower vaccine uptake in poorer communities and among some ethnic minority groups should have been anticipated and tackled more effectively.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

His supporters have attacked other opposition figures online and clashed with the spectrum of ethnic minority opposition groups, who experts say wouldn't accept Pahlavi.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 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