Minority
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Minority
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Minority
The state of being under age. Also, the smaller number as opposed to majority.
Minority Alternative Definition
The state or condition of a minor; a status; infancy, depending for its existence upon the laws of the state in which the person is domiciled. 57 111. App. 496. The lesser number of votes of a deliberative assembly; opposed to "majority (q. v.)
Synonyms of Minority
(Infancy), noun
childhood
immaturity
inexperience
infant status
legal immaturity
legal incapacity
legal incompetence
nonage
period of being under legal age
period of being under statutory age
puerility
unripeness
youth
youthfulness
Associated Concepts: age of minority
incapacity to contract
voidable contractsforeign phrases: Haeres minor uno et viginti annis non respondebit
nisi in casu dotis
A minor heir under twentyone years of age is not answerable
except in the matter of dower
Minor ante tempusagere nonpotest in casu proprietatis nec etiam convenire
A minor under age cannot act in a case of property
(Outnumbered group), noun
insignificant number
lesser group
lesser part
the outvoted
paltry few
peripheral group
powerless group
secondary group
small group
small number
small percentage
small proportion
small quantity
smaller group
smaller part
subordinate group
subsidiary group
uninfluential group
weak group Associated Concepts: minority group
minority member
minority party
minority stockholders
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Minority
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1530s, "condition of being smaller," from Middle French minorité (15c.), or directly from Medieval Latin minoritatem (nominative minoritas), from Latin minor (see minor (adj.)). Meaning "state of being under legal age" is from 1540s; that of "smaller number or part" is from 1736. The meaning "group of people separated from the rest of a community by race, religion, language, etc." is from 1919, originally in an Eastern European context.
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What is the meaning of Official Languages Minority Communities?
A definition of Official Languages Minority Communities is provided here: Designates Anglophones living in Quebec and Francophones living in provinces and territories outside Quebec.