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majority rule
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun majority rule has 1 sense
- majority rule(n = noun.cognition) democracy - the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group; Array is a kind of doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought
CIDE DICTIONARY
majority rule, n.
The rule or doctrine that the numerical majority{2} of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group; as, our club makes decisions by majority rule.. Contrasted with unanimous consent , or decision by a decree of a single person or small committee forming part of an organization. [WordNet 1.5]
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