Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Minority Groups

A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Group, Minority
  • Groups, Minority
  • Minority Group

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Aspects Covered

6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

IM; coord with specific minority group (IM) & geog

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History Note

1968

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Previous Indexing

  • Attitude (1966-1967)
  • Blacks (1966-1967)
  • Jews (1966-1967)
  • Prejudice (1966-1967)

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  1. I01w.880w.853.300w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Minority Groups. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008913. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008913
  2. Minority Groups. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_group
  3. Minority Groups. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30103