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Majority rule   /mədʒˈɔrəti rul/   Listen
Majority rule

noun
1.
The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group.  Synonym: democracy.






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"Majority rule" Quotes from Famous Books



... his interests; the mind is submitted to the impositions of the will,—there is no knowledge, there is not even a shadow of certainty. In this way, general ignorance produces general tyranny; and while liberty of thought is written in the charter, slavery of thought, under the name of MAJORITY RULE, is decreed ...
— What is Property? - An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government • P. J. Proudhon



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