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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Example Sentences

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

However, she also joined a majority rule that barred school principals from inviting clerics or student leaders to deliver prayers at school events.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

“Many people, when they are faced with the reality of proper democracy, an actual majority rule, are like, Hm, that’s not exactly what I had in mind,” he said.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2023

Professor Roznai has been talking for months about the “risk of creating a monster,” as he put it, by eliminating the courts as an effective check on majority rule.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

The other main area of discussion was the issue of majority rule.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela