majoritarian

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majoritarian

/məˈd͡ʒɒɹ.ɪ.tɛə.ɹi.ən/ UK
/məˈd͡ʒɒɹ.ɪ.tə.ɹi.ən/ UK
/məˈd͡ʒɑ.ɹɪ.tɛɹ.i.ən/ US
/məˈd͡ʒɔɹ.ɪ.tɛɹ.i.ən/ US
/məˈd͡ʒɔɹ.ɪ.tə.ɹiən/ US

adjective more majoritarian · most majoritarian

Supporting the dominance of the majority over the minority. Early in June came the delegation of the German Majority Socialists, which included—besides [Philipp] Scheidemann, the Majoritarian leader—that Hermann Müller who, on the eve of the declaration of war, had invited the French Socialists to vote against war credits.

Opposite: countermajoritarian, minoritarian

noun majoritarians

One who supports the dominance of the majority over the minority. It is difficult to use terms which are accurate without being too definite, but to borrow the terminology of the French Socialists one may say that now on the National Executive of the Labour party majoritarians and minoritarians are about equally balanced, and in the Labour party Conference the min
One who is in majority.

Opposite: countermajoritarian, minoritarian

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adjective

Opposite: countermajoritarian, minoritarian

noun

Opposite: countermajoritarian, minoritarian

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adj supporting the dominance of the majority over the minority

Français	majoritaire
Русский	мажорита́рный mažoritárnyj

noun one who supports the dominance of the majority over the minority

Русский	мажорита́рий mažoritárij

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@misc{majoritarian_2026,
  title = {majoritarian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/majoritarian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}