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Thesaurus search results for 'MINORITIES': 9 results found.


ETHNIC MINORITIES 

GENDER MINORITIES 

LANGUAGE MINORITIES 

Scope Note: A group of people who speak a language spoken by a minority of people within a geographic area.

LINGUISTIC MINORITIES 

MINORITIES 

Scope Note: Persons belonging to one or more groups that are not in the majority of a population. Such persons are often discriminated against on the basis of their differences from the majority.

RACIAL MINORITIES 

RELIGIOUS MINORITIES 

Scope Note: A religion practiced by a minority of the population in a specified geographic region.

SEXUAL MINORITIES 

Scope Note: A group whose sexual identity, orientation or practices differs from the social majority.

VISIBLE MINORITIES 

Scope Note: Persons who are visibly not of the majority race in a given population.

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