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majority rule

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majority rule
n.
A doctrine by which a numerical majority of an organized group holds the power to make decisions binding on all in the group.
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Noun1.majority rule - the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
democracy
doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school


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But a government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand it.
Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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