Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antimajority

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-ma-jor-i-ty
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposing a social majority.

Example Sentences

"If further evidence of the BBC's willingness to operate an antimajority colour bar were required, then it was provided in an advertisement in the Guardian of Monday, 6 June 1994. This applied exclusively to "ethnic minority applicants,"[…]"
"The zoot suit was antimajority class and antimajority ethnicity. There are classic black-and-white photos of Bennington College women in the 1940s and 1950s dressed in a manner that offended the townspeople because the women were not "well dressed.""

Etymology

From anti- + majority.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Inflected Forms

more antimajority (comparative) most antimajority (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

antiminority

Questions

What does antimajority mean?: Opposing a social majority.
Where does antimajority come from?: From anti- + majority.

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