minority group
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of minority group
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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“A minority group of buyers is doing the majority of buying,” said Edmunds’s Yoon.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
Latino voters need to believe that politicians truly care about their concerns and will work to implement a plan to create equal opportunities for the nation’s largest minority group to achieve the American dream.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
Victimization doesn’t just happen because a person from a minority group is standing around, there’s almost always a perpetrator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Kurds make up about nine percent of Iran's population, while the largest minority group is the Azeris, a Turkic people near Azerbaijan, though they are highly integrated in Iranian society.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Nationwide, nearly seven out of eight people living in high-poverty urban areas are members of a minority group.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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