Superminority

Quick meaning: Superminority is a noun meaning (more generally) A minority group that wields disproportionate power.

Meaning

(more generally) A minority group that wields disproportionate power.

More Meanings

1. An ethnic minority group that is seen as having outstanding abilities.
2. A large minority group that comprises a significant percentage of the population or most of the minority population.
3. Multiple minority groups, seen as a single coalition or group.
4. A person who is a member of multiple minority groups.
5. A voting block which, although it has less than 50% of the vote, has sufficient numbers to prevent any other group from forming a supermajority.
6. A member of a minority group who has extraordinary abilities, often one who is identified as a leader and representative of the entire ethnic group.

Example Sentences

Perhaps because of that, the Russian superminority became singled out as a target of nationalist attack.

Under this approach, a superminority of 34 Senators could prevent a sole executive agreement from enjoying the full force of the supremacy clause vis-a-vis state laws.

What my colleagues need to understand is that we are setting up, not a powerful supermajority, what we are doing is setting up a powerful superminority which will control the process.

What, then, is the policy justification for reallocating power in this manner in the direction that Citizens United does, away from the majority and toward an already disproportionately powerful wealthy superminority.

Word Forms

• superminorities

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include minorizer, minorization, submajorization, minoration, subsubpopulation, subminimality.

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