ethnic minority
noun[C]
uk/ˌeθ.nɪk maɪˈnɒr.ɪ.ti/us/ˌeθ.nɪk maɪˈnɑːr.ə.t̬i/aparticularethnicgroup(= agroupofpeoplewith asharedculture,tradition,language,history, etc.)livingin acountrywhere mostpeopleare from a differentethnicgroup:
Only two of thecommitteeare women and only one is from anethnicminority.
Ethnicminoritiesmake up around 14percentof theoverallpopulation.
- Life forethnicminoritiesinBritain50yearsago could be verytough.
- AjudgeruledthatIrishtravellersare anethnicminorityanddeservetheprotectionof equalitieslaw.
- Therefugeesare nowlivingin aregionwhere they are anethnicminority.
- Adisproportionatenumberofethnicminoritychildrenareexcludedfromschool.
- Thecompanyacceptedthere were too fewethnicminoritystaffamongitsseniormanagement.