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has gloss | (noun) a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part minority |
has gloss | eng: Minority, and the related concept of "becoming-minor," is a philosophical concept developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in their books Kafka: Towards a Minor Literature (1975), A Thousand Plateaus (1980), and elsewhere. In these texts, they criticize the concept of "majority" as being based on a form of domination that works by naturalizing a purely numerical conception. They argue that the concept of a "dominant minority" is an oxymoron, because the term "majority" always refers to those who are in a position of dominance. To be "minor" is to be subjected to social and political domination, or to be a member of a subordinated group, as in Arthur Rimbaud's poem, "Bad Blood", in Une Saison en Enfer. For Deleuze and Guattari, "becoming-minoritarian" is primarily an ethical action, one of the becomings one is affected by when avoiding "becoming-fascist". |
lexicalization | eng: minority |
subclass of | (noun) people sharing some social relation social group |
has subclass | c/Ethnic Macedonian minorities |
has subclass | c/German minorities |
has subclass | c/Greek minorities |
has subclass | c/Polish minorities |
has subclass | c/Roma minorities |
has subclass | c/Swedish minorities |
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Afrikaans | |
lexicalization | afr: minderheid |
Bulgarian | |
lexicalization | bul: малцинство |
Catalan | |
lexicalization | cat: minoria |
Czech | |
lexicalization | ces: menšina |
Danish | |
lexicalization | dan: minoritet |
Modern Greek (1453-) | |
lexicalization | ell: μειονότητα/μειοψηφία |
Esperanto | |
lexicalization | epo: malplimulto |
lexicalization | epo: minoritato |
Estonian | |
lexicalization | est: vähemus |
Basque | |
lexicalization | eus: gutxiengo |
French | |
lexicalization | fra: minorité |
Hungarian | |
lexicalization | hun: kisebbség |
Italian | |
lexicalization | ita: minoranza |
Norwegian Bokmål | |
lexicalization | nob: minoritet |
Occitan (post 1500) | |
lexicalization | oci: minoritat |
Portuguese | |
lexicalization | por: minoria |
Moldavian | |
lexicalization | ron: minoritate |
Russian | |
lexicalization | rus: меньшинство |
Slovenian | |
lexicalization | slv: manjšina |
Castilian | |
lexicalization | spa: minoría |
Sardinian | |
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lexicalization | srd: minoria |
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similar | e/Minority (philosophy) |
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