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  • noun One who is not part of a (sociopolitical) minority.

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non- +‎ minority

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Examples

  • For every 10,000 residents, blacks were nearly three times more likely to be stopped than white and other "nonminority" residents, facing 3,400 more stops.

    Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories 2008

  • What Ms. Kissel and other critics refuse to acknowledge is that the failure of some lending institutions to offer credit to qualified borrowers—who were disqualified for loans not because of their creditworthiness but solely based on race—in minority neighborhoods on the same basis as qualified borrowers in nonminority neighborhoods, was one of the factors that contributed to the subprime lending boom and subsequent crisis.

    Government Is Right to Fight Discrimination in Lending 2011

  • Mr. Perez states, the failure of some lending institutions to offer credit to qualified borrowers . . . in minority neighborhoods on the same basis as qualified borrowers in nonminority neighborhoods, was one of the factors that contributed to the subprime lending boom and subsequent crisis.

    The DOJ's Mr. Perez Is Mistaken About Home Lending 2011

  • The American people don't listen to them because they keep thinking they represent the American people, but don't tell you that they only represent rich, white, redneck, nonminority people.

    Sources: White House considers drafting health care bill 2009

  • Indeed, one 2004 study conducted in the city of Buffalo reports that neighborhoods with predominantly minority populations have more than thirty-two times the number of air-polluting facilities as nonminority neighborhoods.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • Indeed, one 2004 study conducted in the city of Buffalo reports that neighborhoods with predominantly minority populations have more than thirty-two times the number of air-polluting facilities as nonminority neighborhoods.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • This idea that Obama is making a special exclusion of nonminority, nonyoung voters is too cute by half.

    Racism (n): Acknowledging that there are different races 2010

  • He said two other unidentified day camps, both nonminority also got the boot.

    CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2009 2009

  • He said two other unidentified day camps, both nonminority, also got the boot.

    CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2009 2009

  • He said two other unidentified day camps, both nonminority, also got the boot.

    CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2009 2009

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