MAJORITY RULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does majority rule mean? 

• MAJORITY RULE (noun)
  The noun MAJORITY RULE has 1 sense:

1. the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

  Familiarity information: MAJORITY RULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAJORITY RULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

democracy; majority rule

Hypernyms ("majority rule" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)