Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minority council

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: mi-nor-i-ty -coun-cil
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a civic governing coalition whereby the Mayor's political allies in city council hold a minority of the seats; a form of minority government . As a Mayor may be directly elected, the allied councillors need not hold a plurality of the seats, the opposition alliance on council may contain a majority of the seats on council.

Inflected Forms

minority councils (plural)

Phrases

majority council city council

Frequently Paired Words

majority council city council councillor

Antonyms

majority council

Questions

What does minority council mean?: a civic governing coalition whereby the Mayor's political allies in city council hold a minority of the seats; a form of minority government . As a Mayor may be directly elected, the allied councillors need not hold a plurality of the seats, the opposition alliance on council may contain a majority of the seats on council.

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