minority

The smaller in number of two groups forming a whole.

A group or party having fewer than a controlling number of votes.

A racial, religious, political, national, or other group thought to be different from the larger group of which it is part.

A group having little power or representation relative to other groups within a society.

A member of one of these groups.

The state or period of being younger than the age for legal adulthood.

The state of being minor or smaller.

The minor part in number; the smaller of two aggregates into which a whole is divided numerically; a number less than half: opposed to majority.