"model minority" meaning in English

See model minority in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: model minorities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} model minority (plural model minorities)
  1. A minority demographic whose members are perceived as achieving greater socioeconomic success than the population average. Wikipedia link: model minority
    Sense id: en-model_minority-en-noun-ov1Pt0gc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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