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Record 1 2013-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
DEF

A very small person.

CONT

... nowadays, it is considered more appropriate to refer to us as little people ...

OBS

The politically-correct expression is "little person" for the singular and "little people" for the plural.

Key term(s)
  • little people

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
DEF

[Personne qui] affiche une taille physique nettement inférieure à la plus petite grandeur dite normale.

CONT

[...] on voudrait toucher ces petites personnes, ces petits nains disent même certains. Mais aujourd'hui on parle de «personnes de petites tailles».

OBS

L'expression politiquement correcte est «personne de petite taille».

Spanish

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