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majority
noun(ma-jor-i-ty)
a number or percentage equaling more than half of a total
majority
noun(ma-jor-i-ty)
the excess of a majority over the remainder of the total : margin
majority
noun(ma-jor-i-ty)
the greater quantity or share
majority
noun(ma-jor-i-ty)
a leader of the majority party in a legislative body (such as the U.S. Senate)
majority
noun(ma-jor-i-ty)
a political principle providing that a majority usually constituted by fifty percent plus one of an organized group will have the power to make decisions binding upon the whole
majority
idiom(ma-jor-i-ty)
being of a number greater than half the total
majority
idiom(ma-jor-i-ty)
most : almost all
majority
noun(ma-jor-i-ty)
the largest part of a country's population that consists of people who are not actively involved in politics and do not express their political opinions publicly
majority
noun phrase(ma-jor-i-ty)
a situation in which a group of people are treated unfairly because their situation is different from the situation of most of the people in a democratic country

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