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ethnic minority

ethnic minority noun: a group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live.

Noun

ethnic minority (plural ethnic minorities)

  1. A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live.
    • Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian

ethnic minority meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

ethnic minority in Hindi

ethnic minority
अल्पसंख्यक alpsaṅkhyak

ethnic minority in Arabic

people with different characteristics to those of the majority
أَقَلِّيَّة قَوْمِيَّة ʔaqalliyya qawmiyya

ethnic minority in Persian

people with different characteristics to those of the majority
اقلیت قومی aqalliyyat-e qowmi

ethnic minority in Vietnamese

people with different characteristics to those of the majority
dân tộc thiểu số, dân tộc ít người

Forms of ethnic minority

pluralethnic minorities

Questions about ethnic minority

What does ethnic minority mean?
Ethnic minority means a group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live.
What is ethnic minority in Hindi?
Ethnic minority in Hindi is अल्पसंख्यक (alpsaṅkhyak). See Ethnic minority meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ethnic minority?
Ethnic minority is a noun.
What is the plural of ethnic minority?
The plural of ethnic minority is ethnic minorities.

Words near ethnic minority in the dictionary

  1. ethnic group
  2. ethnic groups
  3. ethnic majorities
  4. ethnic majority
  5. ethnic minorities
  6. ethnic minority
  7. ethnic music
  8. ethnic musics
  9. ethnic purge
  10. ethnic purges
  11. ethnic studies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethnic minority (page history and authors); अल्पसंख्यक (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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