Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Rule by simple numerical majority in an organized group.
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- noun a form of
democracy in which decisions are made by a simplemajority of someorganized group
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Examples
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You see, casuistry and even "majoritarianism" helps little in these situations ...
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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They denounce the exercise of power by the ANC, mandated by the will of the people, as something they call "majoritarianism".
ANC Today 2004
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They denounce the exercise of power by the ANC, mandated by the will of the people, as something they call "majoritarianism".
ANC Today 2004
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It is in this context that they decry what they describe as 'majoritarianism'.
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It is in this context that they decry what they describe as 'majoritarianism'.
Speech at the end of the Consideration of the Budget of the Presidency 2001
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This deference to majoritarianism will mean that little ever will be found to violate the Establishment Clause.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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What I do resent is the sense of creeping majoritarianism, of intellectual levelling based on the crassest of Blut-und-Boden stereotypes.
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But over the past few years, democracy has been reduced to majoritarianism, and the media have become less and less free.
Turkey's Press Crackdown Continues Asli Aydintasbas 2011
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Byrd held on to his vision of the Senate as a place that should be subject to veto by a minority, as a counterweight to populist majoritarianism.
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Did majoritarianism end up being good or bad for People Like Us?
How Boring Am I ? Newmania 2008
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