μειονότητα

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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 (meionótitaf (plural μειονότητες)

  1. (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 μειονότηταethnotikí meionótitaethnic minority
  2. (rare) minority (any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
    Synonym: μειοψηφία f (meiopsifía)
    Antonyms: πλειονότητα f (pleionótita), πλειοψηφία f (pleiopsifía)

Declension

singular plural
nominative μειονότητα (meionótita) μειονότητες (meionótites)
genitive μειονότητας (meionótitas) μειονοτήτων (meionotíton)
accusative μειονότητα (meionótita) μειονότητες (meionótites)
vocative μειονότητα (meionótita) μειονότητες (meionótites)

References

  1. ^ μειονότητα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language