Minority

Minority

A group lesser than other groups in the population of a State and/or in a non-dominant position, whose members possess ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics or others differing from those of the rest of the population and show, if only implicitly, a sense of solidarity, directed towards preserving their culture, traditions, religion or language.

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A group in a non-dominant position that is usually numerically inferior than the majority population of a state or region
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Ethnic Minority National Minority