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Minorities

the period before attainment of majority

 the state of being a legal minor

the smaller in number of two groups constituting a whole; specifically a group having less than the number of votes necessary for control

a part of a population differing from others in some characteristics and often subjected to differential treatment

a member of a minority group

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