Tyranny-of-the-majority Definition

noun

(politics) A situation in which a government or other authority democratically supported by a majority of its subjects makes policies or takes actions benefiting that majority, without regard for the rights or welfare of the rest of its subjects.

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Singular:
tyranny-of-the-majority
Plural:
tyrannies of the majority, tyrannies of majorities

Tyranny-of-the-majority Sentence Examples

  • They therefore appealed to the emperor and to a future council against the tyranny of the majority.

  • We should defer to the tyranny of the majority.

  • S netona President of the State, and composed the statute for the election of the Constituent Assembly by universal, equal, direct and secret franchise according to a proportional system based on d'Hondt's distributive principle which contains elaborate safeguards against the tyranny of the majority.

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