Word.ws English Dictionary

sexual minority

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

sexual minority noun: the state of being a minor in sexual matters.

Noun

sexual minority (countable and uncountable, plural sexual minorities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being a minor in sexual matters.
  2. (countable) A (member of a) group outside of the mainstream of accepted sexual expression or orientation in a given culture. (Also used attributively.)
    • Many U.S. states do not protect any sexual minority from discrimination or retribution.

Antonyms of sexual minority

Forms of sexual minority

pluralsexual minorities

Questions about sexual minority

What does sexual minority mean?
Sexual minority means the state of being a minor in sexual matters.
What part of speech is sexual minority?
Sexual minority is a noun.
What is the plural of sexual minority?
The plural of sexual minority is sexual minorities.

Words near sexual minority in the dictionary

  1. sexual matters
  2. sexual maturity
  3. sexual method
  4. sexual mimicry
  5. sexual minorities
  6. sexual minority
  7. sexual misconduct
  8. sexual misconducts
  9. sexual offender
  10. sexual offenders
  11. sexual orientation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sexual minority (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-ncalif-sexualminority.ogg.

Cite this entry: “sexual minority.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sexual_minority. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.