majority rule
noun
: a political principle providing that a majority usually constituted by fifty percent plus one of an organized group will have the power to make decisions binding upon the whole
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That’ll help the scale — because right now, the majority rules, and the majority seems to be closer to the R&B/hip-hop side.
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Angel Diaz, Billboard, 26 July 2024
Though South Africa was finally making the transition to Black majority rule, Stellenbosch — a predominantly white town in the cradle of Afrikaner nationalism — was a stark contrast to the liberal American college town that Moore’s family had left behind.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 July 2024
South Africa’s new leaders initially tried to adapt the political-economic strategy of the apartheid era to Black majority rule.
—John Rapley, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2023
Three decades of Black majority rule have certainly begun to redress the inequity of the apartheid era, even if much work remains to be done.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 July 2024
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Angel Diaz, Billboard, 26 July 2024
Though South Africa was finally making the transition to Black majority rule, Stellenbosch — a predominantly white town in the cradle of Afrikaner nationalism — was a stark contrast to the liberal American college town that Moore’s family had left behind.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 July 2024
South Africa’s new leaders initially tried to adapt the political-economic strategy of the apartheid era to Black majority rule.
—John Rapley, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2023
Three decades of Black majority rule have certainly begun to redress the inequity of the apartheid era, even if much work remains to be done.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 July 2024
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“Majority rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority%20rule. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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