Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minoritary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-nori-tary
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to a minority.

Example Sentences

"Although the foregoing paragraphs are not intended to provide a knock-down argument against Siegel’s approach, and more generally against any analysis of bif-clauses as truth-conditionally relevant, it seems at least initially legitimate to treat this minoritary position with suspicion, and to investigate the shape for a theory of biscuit conditionals grounded on the widespread assumption of those clauses’ truth-conditional idleness."

Etymology

From minority + -ary.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: minority

Questions

What does minoritary mean?: Relating to a minority.
Where does minoritary come from?: From minority + -ary.

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