ethnic minority

ethnic minority

n

(Sociology) an immigrant or racial group regarded by those claiming to speak for the cultural majority as distinct and unassimilated

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ethnic minority - a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture Arab-Berbers, Berbers - an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa Dagestani - an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan Maori - an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand Mayas - an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas Pashtun, Pathan - an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan