Antimajority

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposing a social majority.

    "If further evidence of the BBC's willingness to operate an antimajority colour bar were required, then it was provided in an advertisement in the Guardian of Monday, 6 June 1994. This applied exclusively to "ethnic minority applicants,"[…]"

Example

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"If further evidence of the BBC's willingness to operate an antimajority colour bar were required, then it was provided in an advertisement in the Guardian of Monday, 6 June 1994. This applied exclusively to "ethnic minority applicants,"[…]"

Etymology

From anti- + majority.

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