"minority group" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: minority groups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} minority group (plural minority groups)
  1. a group that forms only a small part of the population, whether it be for ethnic or other reasons. Wikipedia link: minority group Translations (group that forms a minority): vähemmistöryhmä (Finnish), minoritetsgruppe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), minoritetsgruppe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ชนกลุ่มน้อย (chon-glùm-nɔ́ɔi) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-minority_group-en-noun-9WIJxjw3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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