Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

majority-minority

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: ma-jor-i-ty-mi-nor-i-ty
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

8

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a total minority population above 50%.

Example Sentences

"Several years ago, the Census Bureau began to predict that the United States would become a majority-minority nation by the 2040s — that African- and Asian-Americans, as well as Latinos, would outnumber non-Hispanic whites."

Etymology

From majority + minority.

Questions

What does majority-minority mean?: Having a total minority population above 50%.
Where does majority-minority come from?: From majority + minority.

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