Minority

Minority may refer to:

Politics

Minority government, formed when a political party does not have a majority of overall seats in parliament
Minority leader, in American politics, the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body

Minor (law), legal category of people under the age of majority
- Age of majority, the threshold of adulthood as recognized or declared in law
- Legal age, age at which a person may legally engage in a certain activity
Minority group, a category of people differentiated from the social majority (e.g. ethnic minority)
Sexual minority, a group whose sexual identity, orientation or practices differ from the majority of society

"Minority" (Gigi Gryce song), a 1953 jazz standard
"Minority" (Green Day song), a 2000 punk rock song
"Minority", a song by the Subhumans from their 1983 album The Day the Country Died

Minority (philosophy), concept coined by philosopher Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari

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Majority (disambiguation)
Minority Party (disambiguation)
Minority Report (disambiguation)
Minority rights, individual and collective rights of minority groups
Ethnic group, an ethnicity
Minority influence, a form of social influence
Minority language, a language spoken by a minority of the population
Minority-serving institution, a term in American higher education
Minority business enterprise, American business term
Minority interest, in business
Majority minority (American), where one or more racial/ethnic minorities make up a majority of population
- List of majority minority United States congressional districts
Visible minority (Canadian), persons, other than aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour

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