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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If a majority rules that way, presidential administrations could effectively decide when the Voting Rights Act is enforced.
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Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Its retraction shows that scientific conclusions aren’t decided by majority rule in the public square
In 2021 a multidisciplinary team of researchers claimed that a Tunguska-sized airburst, larger than any such airburst in human history, destroyed a Bronze Age city near the Dead Sea.
—Mark Boslough, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
However, as recognized by John Patrick in his Oxford University Press article, Understanding Democracy, a constitutional democracy as established in American government requires majority rule to take place in tandem with minority rights.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The voting component of the past two seasons has built Squid Game’s argument that majority rule is not always the best or most just option.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Its retraction shows that scientific conclusions aren’t decided by majority rule in the public square
In 2021 a multidisciplinary team of researchers claimed that a Tunguska-sized airburst, larger than any such airburst in human history, destroyed a Bronze Age city near the Dead Sea.
—Mark Boslough, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
However, as recognized by John Patrick in his Oxford University Press article, Understanding Democracy, a constitutional democracy as established in American government requires majority rule to take place in tandem with minority rights.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The voting component of the past two seasons has built Squid Game’s argument that majority rule is not always the best or most just option.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for majority rule
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“Majority rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority%20rule. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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