Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Minority  (MINORITY)

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Section	English 333	Arabic 333	Czech 333	German 333	Spanish 333	French 333	Italian 333	Japanese 333	Portuguese 333	Russian 333	Chinese 333
333-1	race	عرق—عنصر	rasa	Rasse	raza	race	razza	人種	raça	Раса	种族
333-2	ethnic group	مجموعة العرقية	etnická skupina	Ethnische Gruppe —Volksgruppe	grupo étnico —etnia	groupe ethnique	gruppo etnico	民族	grupo étnico	Этническая группа	民族
333-3	people	شعب	lid	Volk	pueblo	peuple	Popolo	国民	povo	Народ —Народность	人群
333-4	minority —linguistic minority —national minority —religious minority —minority, ethnic	أقلية—أقليات عرقية—أقليات قومية—أقليات لسنية	menšina	Minderheit	minorías —minorías étnicas —minorías nacionales —minorías lingüísticas —minorías religiosas	minorité —minorité ethnique —minorité nationale —minorité linguistique	minoranze —minoranze etniche —minoranze nazionali —minoranze linguistiche	少数者（マイノリティー） —少数民族 —少数国民 —言語上の少数者 —宗教上の少数者	minorias —minorias étnicas —minorias nacionais —minorias lingüisticas —minorias religiosas	Меньшинство —Этническое меньшинство —Национальное меньшинство —Языковое меньшинство —Религиозное меньшинство	少数民族 —种族少数民族 —民族少数民族 —语言少数民族 —宗教少数民族

The term race ¹ is generally taken to mean a group of persons with certain common physical characteristics which are hereditarily transmitted. In some census practice, the term is sometimes used more loosely, sometimes for a group of people bound together by a common culture or national origin, or even for people inhabiting a given territory. Another term which is sometimes used is ethnic group ² and here again there is no uniformity in meaning. Ethnic group generally refers to a group of people with common culture, language, or religious traditions. An ethnic group may be a racial group. A people ³ (cf. 305-2) is generally a collection of persons who are linked by a common past or a common culture. Persons living is a given territory who exhibit notable difference from the majority of the population are called minorities ⁴, e.g., ethnic minorities ⁴, national minorities ⁴, linguistic minorities ⁴, or religious minorities ⁴.

• 1. Race, n. - racial, adj.
• 1. Racism, n.: theory that certain races are inherently superior to others; racist, adj.
• 2. Tribe, and tribal group, still used in certain contexts, tend to be replaced by "ethnic group".

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race race   ethnic group ethnic group   people people   minority minority   linguistic minority linguistic minority   national minority national minority   religious minority religious minority   minority, ethnic minority, ethnic