Translation of "minorité nationale" to English

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Dictionary translations for "minorité nationale"

la minorité nationale f noun

pl. minorités nationales

national minority (groupe nominal, politique)

Contexts with "minorité nationale"

Rien ne semble plus surprenant à ceux qui considèrent les affaires humaines d'un œil philosophique que la facilité avec laquelle la multitude est gouvernée par une minorité; et la soumission implicite par laquelle les hommes renoncent à leurs propres sentiments et passions pour ceux de leurs gouvernants. Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.

Une somme d'argent considérable a été affectée à la défense nationale. A considerable amount of money was appropriated for the national defense.

Il y a toujours eu une minorité ayant peur de quelque chose et une grande majorité ayant peur de l'obscurité, de l'avenir, du passé, du présent, d'eux-mêmes et de leurs propres ombres. There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.

C'est une question de fierté nationale. It's a matter of national pride.

Dans une perspective historique, les personnes utilisant des fourchettes ont toujours été une minorité. Fork-users have historically been in the minority.

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