ethnic majority
Most common ancestry
An ethnic majority is an ethnic group comprising more than half a population in a given territory.
The term often appears in discussions of demographics, political power, and social dynamics: policies designed to protect ethnic minorities from discrimination by the ethnic majority.
In some contexts, ethnic majority describes a group that holds dominant cultural or political influence even without strict numerical majority.
- dominant cultureSociety's prevailing belief system
- consociationalismGovernance through elite cooperation
- demographicStatistical population category
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- native bornBorn in a place
predominant · homogeneity · national identity · cultural norms · melting pot · group · power dynamics · cultural appropriation · crowd · census · historical narratives · voting blocs · cultural preservation · representation · policymaking · assimilation · majoritarian · multiculturalism
- Identity Politicsethnonationalism, tribalism, tribal identity, cultural nationalism
ethnic majorityethnic minority
Non-majority cultural group
minority group · marginalized group · minority · out-group · immigrant population
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