different between youth vs minority

English

Etymology

From Middle English youthe, youhthe, ?outhe, ?ewethe, ?u?ethe, ?eo?uthe, from Old English ?eoguþ (“the state of being young; youth”), from West Germanic *juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþ?, *jugunþiz (“youth”), corresponding to young +? -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Juugd, West Frisian jeugd, Dutch jeugd, German Low German Jöögd, German Jugend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ju?/
• Rhymes: -u??

Noun

youth (countable and uncountable, plural youths)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being young.

   Synonyms: juvenility, youngness, (archaic) youngth, youthfulness

   Antonyms: age, dotage, old age, senility
2. (uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 49:

     I don't find the pose of careless youth charming and engaging any more than you find the pose of careworn age fascinating and eccentric, I should imagine.
3. (countable) A young person.

   Synonyms: adolescent, child, kid, lad, teen, teenager, youngster

   Antonyms: adult, grown-up

4. (countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.

   Synonyms: boy, young man
5. (uncountable, used with a plural or singular verb) Young persons, collectively.

   Synonyms: adolescents, kids, teenagers, teens, young people, youngsters

Derived terms

Related terms

• young

Translations

References

• youth at OneLook Dictionary Search
• youth in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• youth in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• youth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• youth on Wikiquote.Wikiquote

Anagrams

• Tuohy

English

Etymology

From Middle French minorité, and its source Late Latin min?rit?s, from Latin minor.

Morphologically minor +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ma??n??.?.ti/, /m??n??.?.ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ma??n??.?.ti/, /m??n??.?.ti/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /ma??n??.?.ti/, /m??n??.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -???ti

Noun

minority (countable and uncountable, plural minorities)

1. The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood. [from 15th c.]
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 117:

     She also played a key role as dowager-regent during the minority of her son.

   Synonym: childhood

   Antonym: adulthood

2. Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority. [from 18th c.]
   • 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera

     The case is the latest chapter in a decade-long struggle by the nation's elite minority to crush the powerful political machine founded by Yingluck's brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled in another coup in 2006.

   Antonym: majority

3. (politics, used attributively of a party, government, etc.) Empowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, etc., rather than an outright majority thereof.
4. (US) A member of an ethnic minority. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

Related terms

• minor

Translations

Adjective

minority (comparative more minority, superlative most minority)

1. Of or relating to a minority.