majority rule

American  

[muh-jawr-i-tee rool] / məˈdʒɔr ɪ ti ˈrul /

noun

1. a process for making decisions in which the will or preference of the majority of participants is the controlling factor, usually determined by a vote.

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majority rule

Contemporary Americans have grown accustomed to viewing the Supreme Court as the ultimate check on majority rule.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

The chair has an important voice, but the actual decision is majority rule.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

Thanks to the genius of a constitution that distributes power widely, the risk of tyrannous majority rule is limited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Our efforts to find a comfortable medium between consensus and compromise — to forge unity from disunity — are guided in principle by majority rule: the many over the few.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024

After these preliminaries, we focused on the critical issues: the armed struggle, the ANC’s alliance with the Communist Party, the goal of majority rule, and the idea of racial reconciliation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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