majority rule

Questions about majority rule

What is another word for majority rule?

It depends which majority rule you mean. In the sense “the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group”, the synonyms are democracy. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of majority rule?

WordNet records no antonym for majority rule. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for majority rule come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of majority rule

• Full entry for majority ruleAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for majority ruleWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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