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MINORITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
Example:
he held a minority position
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("minority" is a kind of...):
figure; number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)
Attribute:
minor (inferior in number or size or amount)
Antonym:
majority (the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part)
Derivation:
minor (inferior in number or size or amount)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("minority" is a kind of...):
social group (people sharing some social relation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any age prior to the legal age
Synonyms:
minority; nonage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("minority" is a kind of...):
legal status (a status defined by law)
age; eld (a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises)
Antonym:
majority (the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs)
Derivation:
minor (not of legal age)
Context examples:
Recurrences have been reported in a minority of patients.
(Ossifying Fibromyxoid Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Progression to plasma cell myeloma occurs in a minority of patients.
(Extraosseous Plasmacytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
In a minority of cases, the neoplastic cells are poorly differentiated and there is evidence of nuclear atypia and increased mitotic activity.
(Epithelioid Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)
Multinucleated osteoclast-like giant cells are usually present, although in a minority of cases they may be absent or rare.
(Diffuse Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath, NCI Thesaurus)
The vast majority of endometrial carcinomas are adenocarcinomas; squamous cell and adenosquamous carcinomas represent a minority of the cases.
(Endometrial Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A minority of patients develop local recurrences.
(Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A minority of cases arise in the testis or the ovaries.
(Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A minority of cases result from mutations in the UBE3A gene.
(Angelman Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A minority of patients may have an aggressive clinical course.
(Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor with Retiform Elements, NCI Thesaurus)
Also known as chromophil carcinoma, it represents a minority of renal cell carcinomas.
(Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
