majority
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majority
- /məˈd͡ʒɒ.ɹɪti/ UK
- /məˈd͡ʒɑ.ɹɪti/ US
- /məˈd͡ʒɔɹ.ɪti/ US
Rhymes with -ɒɹɪti
Where it comes from
From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.
noun majorities
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More than half (50%) of some group.
The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.
Similar: absolute majority · Opposite: minority
- Any share or fraction that is bigger than any one of its counterpart shares or fractions (of the same whole).
- In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined. The ruling party had a narrow three-seat majority in the legislature.
- Legal adulthood, age of majority. By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.
- The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major. On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.
- Ancestors; ancestry. Of evil parents an evil generation, a posterity not unlike their majority; of mischievous progenitors, a venomous and destructive progeny.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: absolute majority, legal age, bulk, consensus, majoritarian, vote, mainstream, share, portion, proportion, mass, party, plurality, part, age, generality
Translations
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noun more than half
| Español | mayoría |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 다수 dasu, 과반수 gwabansu |
| 日本語 | 多数 tasū |
| 中文 | 多數 /多数 duōshù |
| हिन्दी | अधिकांश adhikāñś |
| Português | maioria |
| Français | majorité |
| Deutsch | Mehrheit, Majorität |
| Italiano | maggioranza |
| Ελληνικά | πλειονότητα pleionótita, πλειοψηφία pleiopsifía |
| Română | majoritate |
| Русский | большинство́ bolʹšinstvó |
| Tiếng Việt | đa số, phần đông, số đông |
| العربية | غَالِبِيَّة ḡālibiyya, أَغْلَبِيّة ʔaḡlabiyya, أَكْثَرِيَّة ʔakṯariyya, مُعْظَم muʕẓam |
noun difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes
| 한국어 | 득표차 deukpyocha |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 公決 /公决 gōngjué |
| Português | maioria |
| Ελληνικά | πλειοψηφία pleiopsifía |
| Русский | перевес pereves |
noun legal adulthood
| Español | mayoría de edad |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | बालिग़पन bāliġpan, वयस्कता vayaskatā |
| Português | maioridade |
| Français | majorité |
| Deutsch | Erwachsenenalter |
| Italiano | maggiore età |
| Ελληνικά | ενηλικιότητα enilikiótita |
| Română | majorat |
Talk about this word "majority." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/majority. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. majority. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/majority "majority." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/majority.Cite this
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title = {majority},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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