visible minorityn.

Brit.

/ˌvɪzᵻbl mʌɪˈnɒrᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌvɪzəbəl məˈnɔrədi/, Canadian English /ˌvɪzəbəl məˈnɒrədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: visible adj., minority n.

Etymology: < visible adj. + minority n.Compare French minorité visible (1966 or earlier with reference to the United States, 1976 or earlier with reference to Canada).

Now chiefly Canadian.

An ethnic or racial group whose members are visibly distinguishable from those of the predominant ethnic or racial group in a society; (usually) spec. a non-white ethnic or racial group. Also: a member of such a group. Often as a modifier.In quot. 1940 perhaps not a fixed collocation.In Canada now used spec. to denote non-indigenous minority groups.The term has sometimes been criticized: see, e.g., quot. 2007.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > [noun] > particular section or group of community or mankind

peoplea1382

public1709

national minority1918

ethnic minority1919

visible minority1940

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > other specific types of company

rabblement1536

rabble rout?1589

quorum1596

besorta1616

flying squadron1670

alliance1703

minority1837

umma1885

lads1888

minority group1919

flying squad1927

milieu1927

focus group1938

visible minority1940

enclave1945

1940 Sunday News & Leader (Springfield, Missouri) 22 Sept. b7/7 [One of the]..reasons which brought Hitler to the idea that it was his mission to eliminate the Jews from European life..[was]..the necessity to unite the German people by common hate and to make a visible minority the scapegoat for the failure of Germany.

1944 1st Ann. Rep. Illinois Inter-racial Comm. 5 I found three processes at work against several ‘visible minorities’. I mention only two of these minorities.., Japanese-Americans and Negro-Americans.

1982 E. Kallen Ethnicity & Human Rights Canada i. 19 Majority authorities in Canada now make clear distinctions between visible minorities (now defined in terms of the social construct of race) and ethnocultural minorities (now defined in terms of the social construct of ethnicity).

1993 Bayview Post (North York, Ont.) Mar. 11/1 They will have to learn the language and they should expect to deal with prejudice if they're a visible minority.

2007 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 8 Mar. a4 Canada's use of the term ‘visible minorities’ to identify people it considers susceptible to racial discrimination came under fire at the United Nations... ‘The use of the term seemed to somehow indicate that “whiteness” was the standard, all others differing from that being visible.’

2020 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 21 July b9 Telefilm plans to launch new development streams for filmmakers from visible minority communities, and look into initiatives to amplify underrepresented voices.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	visible minority
释义	visible minorityn. Brit. /ˌvɪzᵻbl mʌɪˈnɒrᵻti/, U.S. /ˌvɪzəbəl məˈnɔrədi/, Canadian English /ˌvɪzəbəl məˈnɒrədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: visible adj., minority n. Etymology: < visible adj. + minority n.Compare French minorité visible (1966 or earlier with reference to the United States, 1976 or earlier with reference to Canada). Now chiefly Canadian. An ethnic or racial group whose members are visibly distinguishable from those of the predominant ethnic or racial group in a society; (usually) spec. a non-white ethnic or racial group. Also: a member of such a group. Often as a modifier.In quot. 1940 perhaps not a fixed collocation.In Canada now used spec. to denote non-indigenous minority groups.The term has sometimes been criticized: see, e.g., quot. 2007. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > [noun] > particular section or group of community or mankind peoplea1382 public1709 national minority1918 ethnic minority1919 visible minority1940 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > other specific types of company rabblement1536 rabble rout?1589 quorum1596 besorta1616 flying squadron1670 alliance1703 minority1837 umma1885 lads1888 minority group1919 flying squad1927 milieu1927 focus group1938 visible minority1940 enclave1945 1940 Sunday News & Leader (Springfield, Missouri) 22 Sept. b7/7 [One of the]..reasons which brought Hitler to the idea that it was his mission to eliminate the Jews from European life..[was]..the necessity to unite the German people by common hate and to make a visible minority the scapegoat for the failure of Germany. 1944 1st Ann. Rep. Illinois Inter-racial Comm. 5 I found three processes at work against several ‘visible minorities’. I mention only two of these minorities.., Japanese-Americans and Negro-Americans. 1982 E. Kallen Ethnicity & Human Rights Canada i. 19 Majority authorities in Canada now make clear distinctions between visible minorities (now defined in terms of the social construct of race) and ethnocultural minorities (now defined in terms of the social construct of ethnicity). 1993 Bayview Post (North York, Ont.) Mar. 11/1 They will have to learn the language and they should expect to deal with prejudice if they're a visible minority. 2007 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 8 Mar. a4 Canada's use of the term ‘visible minorities’ to identify people it considers susceptible to racial discrimination came under fire at the United Nations... ‘The use of the term seemed to somehow indicate that “whiteness” was the standard, all others differing from that being visible.’ 2020 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 21 July b9 Telefilm plans to launch new development streams for filmmakers from visible minority communities, and look into initiatives to amplify underrepresented voices. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1940
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