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mi·nor·ity [maɪˈnɒrəti] N

1. minority (the smaller number):

in a minority of cases

v manj primerih

a minority of people

manjšina ljudi

to be in the minority

biti v manjšini

2. minority (racial/ethnic group):

[narodnostna] manjšina f

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He later stated that he wanted to highlight the role PO should play in contemporary politics - as defenders of minorities. en.wikipedia.org

Many of these service sector workers are minorities, immigrants, and women. en.wikipedia.org

The movements also coincide with episodes of xenophobia or moral panic in which various minorities are targeted as undesirable influences for medical or moral reasons. en.wikipedia.org

Perhaps the most obvious is the isolation of minorities, which creates a deficit in the potential for developing human capital. en.wikipedia.org

Another is to perpetuate population growth because immigration is part of the quid pro quo offered ethnic minorities in exchange for votes. en.wikipedia.org

Occasional rebellions also took place among the country's small ethnic minorities. en.wikipedia.org

The same census records 60,066 residents belonging to ethnic minorities. en.wikipedia.org

And 21 percent of tenure-track faculty members in 2013 were minorities, compared with 15 percent a decade ago, according to the report. www.thegazette.com

Therefore, the county plan was intended to achieve a statistically measurable yearly improvement in the hiring, training, and promotion of minorities and women. en.wikipedia.org

Racial and ethnic minorities comprise a piddling -- yet record high - 13% of newsroom staff. boingboing.net

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