Usually means: Governance by the majority's preference.
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  1. majoritarianism: Merriam-Webster
  2. majoritarianism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. majoritarianism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. majoritarianism: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. majoritarianism: Dictionary.com
  9. Majoritarianism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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▸ noun:  A form of democracy in which decisions are made by a simple majority of some organized group.

Similar:
countermajoritarianism, majoritarian democracy, majoritarian, minoritarianism, tyranny of the majority, dictatorship of the majority, representative democracy, demarchy, popularism, merocracy, more...

Opposite:
minoritarianism, minority rule, non-majoritarianism

Adjectives:
simple, democratic, pure, anti, crude, moral, legislative, religious, local, strict, national

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Similar:
countermajoritarianism, majoritarian democracy, majoritarian, minoritarianism, tyranny of the majority, dictatorship of the majority, representative democracy, demarchy, popularism, merocracy, more...

Opposite:
minoritarianism, minority rule, non-majoritarianism

Adjectives:
simple, democratic, pure, anti, crude, moral, legislative, religious, local, strict, national



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