minority group

American  

noun

1. minority.

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Etymology

Origin of minority group

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Must a minority group’s “preferred candidate” be of the same race?

From The Wall Street Journal

Sikhs, a religious minority group from India, have become a large part of America's trucking industry, helping to deliver everything from California strawberries to lumber across the country.

From BBC

The BBC is using an alias because her family belongs to an ethnic and religious minority group facing persecution in Afghanistan.

From BBC

This section of the landmark civil rights law generally bans race-based discrimination in voting laws, and has been an important part of the legal framework that currently guarantees House districts where the majority of the voters are a minority group.

From Salon

This then allows members of that minority group the ability to elect their chosen representative.

From Salon