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Greek
Etymology
Learnedly from μείον (meíon, “minus”) + -ότητα (-ótita) (Katharevousa: μειονότης (meionótis)), calque of French minorité. Created in analogy to πλειονότητα (pleionótita).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.oˈno.ti.ta/
- Hyphenation: μει‧ο‧νό‧τη‧τα
Noun
μειονότητα • (meionótita) f (plural μειονότητες)
- (demography, sociology) minority group, minority (a group that forms only a small part of the population, whether it be for ethnic or other reasons)
- εθνοτική μειονότητα ― ethnotikí meionótita ― ethnic minority
- (rare) minority (any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
- Synonym: μειοψηφία f (meiopsifía)
- Antonyms: πλειονότητα f (pleionótita), πλειοψηφία f (pleiopsifía)
Declension
Declension of μειονότητα
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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μειονότητα (meionótita)
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μειονότητες (meionótites)
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| genitive
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μειονότητας (meionótitas)
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μειονοτήτων (meionotíton)
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| accusative
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μειονότητα (meionótita)
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μειονότητες (meionótites)
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| vocative
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μειονότητα (meionótita)
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μειονότητες (meionótites)
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