μειονότητα

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Etymology[edit]

Learnedly from μείον (meíon, minus) + -ότητα (-ótita) (Katharevousa: μειονότης (meionótis)), calque of French minorité. Created in analogy to πλειονότητα (pleionótita).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mi.oˈno.ti.ta/
  • Hyphenation: μει‧ο‧νό‧τη‧τα

Noun[edit]

μειονότητα (meionótitaf

  1. a member of an ethnic minority
  2. (rare sense) minority: any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
    Antonyms: πλειονότητα (pleionótita), πλειοψηφία (pleiopsifía)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ μειονότηταΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.