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majority-minority

majority-minority adjective: having a total minority population above 50%.

Adjective

majority-minority (not comparable)

  1. (usually) Having a total minority population above 50%.
    • Several years ago, the Census Bureau began to predict that the United States would become a majority-minority nation by the 2040s — that African- and Asian-Americans, as well as Latinos, would outnumber non-Hispanic whites.2017 May 11, Herbert J. Gans, “The Census and Right-Wing Hysteria”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2020

Origin of majority-minority

From majority + minority.

Questions about majority-minority

What does majority-minority mean?
Majority-minority means having a total minority population above 50%.
What part of speech is majority-minority?
Majority-minority is an adjective.

Words near majority-minority in the dictionary

  1. majority opinions
  2. majority problem
  3. majority rule
  4. majority rules
  5. Majority World
  6. majority-minority
  7. majorityhood
  8. majorizability
  9. majorizable
  10. majorization
  11. majorizations

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