Betekenis van minority In het Nederlands

• 0 a smaller number or part:

  • It's only a tiny minority of people who are causing the problem.

  • Children with single parents at my school were very much in the minority (= there were very few).

  • This section of the bookstore caters for minority interests (= subjects that interest only a few people).

• 1 any small group in society that is different from the rest because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or a person who belongs to such a group:

  • ethnic/religious minorities

  • The plan was designed to help women and minorities overcome discrimination in the workplace.

• 2 less than half of a total number or amount; the smaller part of something:

  • [ U ] Only a minority of people support military action.

  • [ U ] Traditional families are in the minority in this neighborhood (= there are not many).

• 3 a group of people who share some characteristic by birth that makes their group smaller than some other groups in a society and may cause others to treat them unfairly:

  • He argued that African Americans and other minorities were not getting a fair deal in sports and elsewhere in society.

  • Jews and Roman Catholics belonged to religious minorities.

• 4 a small number of the people or things in a group:

  • Only a small/tiny minority of customers have complained about the changes.

  • be in a/the minority I don't like the design, but I'm in the minority – most people say they love it.

• 5 a group of people in a country or area who are of a different race, or have a different culture or religion to that of most other people there:

  • ethnic/racial minority We want to end discrimination against women and racial minorities.

  • minority community/employee/group British Asians are the largest minority group among UK staff.

• 6 used to refer to the situation when a person or organization owns fewer shares in a company than other shareholders, and not enough to be in control of the company:

  • Many minority shareholders are local people.

  • He may be close to selling his minority stake in the company.