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Minority may refer to:
Politics
Minority government , formed when a political party does not have a majority of overall seats in parliament
Minority leader , in American politics, the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body
Society
Minor (law) , legal category of people under the age of majority
Age of majority , the threshold of adulthood as recognized or declared in law
Legal age , age at which a person may legally engage in a certain activity
Minority group , a category of people differentiated from the social majority (e.g. ethnic minority)
Sexual minority , a group whose sexual identity, orientation or practices differ from the majority of society
Music
Other uses
See also
All pages with titles beginning with Minority
All pages with titles containing Minority
Majority (disambiguation)
Minority Party (disambiguation)
Minority Report (disambiguation)
Minority rights , individual and collective rights of minority groups
Ethnic group , an ethnicity
Minority influence , a form of social influence
Minority language , a language spoken by a minority of the population
Minority-serving institution , a term in American higher education
Minority business enterprise , American business term
Minority interest , in business
Majority minority (American), where one or more racial/ethnic minorities make up a majority of population
Visible minority (Canadian), persons, other than aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour
Topics referred to by the same term