ethnic minorities
plural noun
: people who belong to an ethnic group that is a relatively small part of a population
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Sunni Arabs make up a majority of Syria’s population, but the country is also home to numerous religious and ethnic minorities, including Alawites, Christians, Druze, and Kurds.
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Sam Heller, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
The area is part of London's Haringey borough, which has a population of 224,500 residents, almost half of them ethnic minorities.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Nationalist movements in Hungary, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Iraq, and Peru have all struggled with questions of inclusion, specifically with regard to religious and ethnic minorities.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Through a series of intimate portraits, Feng explores some of the political communities and issues that have been most affected by Xi’s tenure: human rights lawyers, ethnic minorities, Hong Kongers, and the Chinese diaspora.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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Sam Heller, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
The area is part of London's Haringey borough, which has a population of 224,500 residents, almost half of them ethnic minorities.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Nationalist movements in Hungary, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Iraq, and Peru have all struggled with questions of inclusion, specifically with regard to religious and ethnic minorities.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Through a series of intimate portraits, Feng explores some of the political communities and issues that have been most affected by Xi’s tenure: human rights lawyers, ethnic minorities, Hong Kongers, and the Chinese diaspora.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Ethnic minorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20minorities. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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