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少数,未成年,少数民族少数的,属於少数派的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Minority \Mi*nor"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Minorities}. [Cf. F.
   minorit['e]. See {Minor}, a. & n.]
   1. The state of being a minor, or under age.

   2. State of being less or small. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

   3. The smaller number; -- opposed to {majority}; as, the
      minority must be ruled by the majority.

资料来源 : WordNet®

minority
     n 1: a group of people who differ racially or politically from a
          larger group of which it is a part
     2: being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts;
        "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he
        held a minority position" [ant: {majority}]
     3: any age prior to the legal age [syn: {nonage}] [ant: {majority}]