antimajority
antimajority adjective: opposing a social majority.
Adjective
antimajority (comparative more antimajority, superlative most antimajority)
- Opposing a social majority.
- If further evidence of the BBC's willingness to operate an antimajority colour bar were required, then it was provided in an advertisement in the Guardian of Monday, 6 June 1994. This applied exclusively to "ethnic minority applicants,"[…]1998, R. Honeyford, The Commission for Racial Equality, page 271
- The zoot suit was antimajority class and antimajority ethnicity. There are classic black-and-white photos of Bennington College women in the 1940s and 1950s dressed in a manner that offended the townspeople because the women were not "well dressed."2011, Will Barratt, Social Class on Campus: Theories and Manifestations, page 34
Forms of antimajority
| comparative | more antimajority |
|---|---|
| superlative | most antimajority |
Origin of antimajority
From anti- + majority.
Questions about antimajority
- What does antimajority mean?
- Antimajority means opposing a social majority.
- What part of speech is antimajority?
- Antimajority is an adjective.
Words near antimajority in the dictionary
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