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Meaning of "majoritarian" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAJORITARIAN

majoritarian  [məˌdʒɒrɪˈteərɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAJORITARIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Majoritarian is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAJORITARIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Majority rule

Majority rule is a decision rule that selects alternatives which have a majority, that is, more than half the votes. It is the binary decision rule used most often in influential decision-making bodies, including the legislatures of democratic nations. Some scholars have recommended against the use of majority rule, at least under certain circumstances, due to an ostensible trade-off between the benefits of majority rule and other values important to a democratic society. Most famously, it has been argued that majority rule might lead to a "tyranny of the majority," so the use of supermajoritarian rules and constitutional limits on government power has been recommended to mitigate these effects. Recently some voting theorists have argued that majority rule is the rule that best protects minorities.

Definition of majoritarian in the English dictionary

The definition of majoritarian in the dictionary is a person who adheres to majoritarianism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAJORITARIAN


antilibertarian
ˌæntɪˌlɪbəˈteərɪən
antitrinitarian
ˌæntɪˌtrɪnɪˈteərɪən
celibatarian
ˌselɪbəˈteərɪən
Cesarian
sɪˈzeərɪən
culinarian
ˌkʌlɪˈneərɪən
cybrarian
saɪˈbreərɪən
dimyarian
ˌdɪmɪˈeərɪən
doctrinarian
ˌdɒktrɪˈneərɪən
hexaplarian
ˌheksəˈpleərɪən
inegalitarian
ˌɪnɪˌɡælɪˈteərɪən
monomyarian
ˌmɒnəʊmaɪˈeərɪən
nothingarian
ˌnʌθɪŋˈeərɪən
octonarian
ˌɒktəˈneərɪən
ovarian
əʊˈveərɪən
platitudinarian
ˌplætɪˌtjuːdɪˈneərɪən
Sagittarian
ˌsædʒɪˈteərɪən
solitudinarian
ˌsɒlɪˌtjuːdɪˈneərɪən
stigmarian
stɪɡˈmeərɪən
trachearian
ˌtreɪkɪˈeərɪən
verbarian
vɜːˈbeərɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAJORITARIAN

major seventh chord
major suit
major term
major-domo
major-generalcy
major-generalship
majorat
Majorca
Majorcan
majorette
majoritarianism
majorities
majority
majority carrier
majority decision
majority opinion
majority rule
majority shareholding
majority verdict
majorly

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAJORITARIAN

agrarian
antiquarian
assistant librarian
authoritarian
barbarian
Bavarian
Brian
Bulgarian
centenarian
humanitarian
Hungarian
libertarian
librarian
Marian
riparian
sectarian
totalitarian
unitarian
utilitarian
vegetarian
veterinarian

Synonyms and antonyms of majoritarian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «majoritarian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAJORITARIAN

Find out the translation of majoritarian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of majoritarian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «majoritarian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多数主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mayoritario
570 millions of speakers

English

majoritarian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहुसंख्यकवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأغلبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мажоритарная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

majoritário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গরিষ্ঠতামূলকভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

majoritaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Majoritarian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mehrheits
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多数決の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다수결
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mayoritas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

số đông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரும்பான்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहुसंख्यक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çoğunlukçu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maggioritario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

większościowych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мажоритарна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

majoritare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλειοψηφικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

majoritarian
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

majoritets
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

majoritarian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of majoritarian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAJORITARIAN»

The term «majoritarian» is regularly used and occupies the 79.191 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAJORITARIAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «majoritarian» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «majoritarian» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about majoritarian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAJORITARIAN»

Discover the use of majoritarian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to majoritarian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Democracy in Scandinavia: Consensual, Majoritarian Or Mixed?
This companion volume to 'Scandinavian Politics Today' talks about the distinctive features of Scandinavian democracy, the state of Scandinavian democracy, and the classification of the Scandinavian democracies.
David Arter, 2006
2
Elections as Instruments of Democracy: Majoritarian and ...
This text explores elections as instruments of democracy.
G. Bingham Powell, 2000
3
Democracies: Patterns of Majoritarian and Consensus ...
This book is the broadest and most thorough comparative study of democratic regimes available and will be especially suitable for course use.
Arend Lijphart, 1984
4
Conceptions of and Corrections to Majoritarian Tyranny
Both Calhoun and Guinier believe that the political process suffers from inadequacies that lead to tyrannical majorities dominating policy making, but they appreciate the efl'ects that social causes have on majoritarian tyranny. Calhoun ...
Donald L. Beahm, 2002
5
The Challenge of Democracy: Government in America, 2008 ...
As a model, each is a hypothetical plan, a blueprint for achieving democratic government through institutional mechanisms. The majoritarian model values participation by the people in general; the pluralist model values participation by the ...
Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey Berry, Jerry Goldman, 2007
6
Democratic drift: majoritarian modification and democratic ...
This book draws upon theories and methods from comparative political analysis in order to argue and then demonstrate three central and inter-related arguments.
Matthew V. Flinders, 2010
7
Foundations of Comparative Politics
I. Theories. of. democratic. institutions: consensus. and. majoritarian. systems. On many occasions in previous chapters we have pointed out that there is an enormous variety of formal democratic arrangements and institutions, and that each ...
Kenneth Newton, Jan W. van Deth, 2010
8
The Failure of Presidential Democracy
IHE PURPOSE of this chapter is to establish the theoretical link between two sets of contrasting types of democracy: presidential versus parliamentary democracy on the one hand, and majoritarian versus consensus democracy on the other.
Juan J. Linz, Arturo Valenzuela, 1994
9
Democracy and the Rule of Law
ROBERTO GARGARELLA Chapter Six The Majoritarian Reading of the Rule of Law No other Majesty than that of the People ... No other Sovereignty than that of the Law. Thomas Paine1 In this chapter I challenge one common view of the ...
Adam Przeworski, José María Maravall, 2003
10
The majoritarian solution: re-establishing America's purpose
The Majoritarian Solution finds the common root of America's recent lack of participatory spirit, productivity, and economic competitiveness in a now-little-known but well-documented procedural gap, having to do with the selection of top ...
James Hufferd, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAJORITARIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term majoritarian is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates -- Response: Letter to My African-American …
You will call your fellow citizens “majoritarian pigs,” believe they would rather “live white than live free,” and fury will flare within you. What is the ... «National Review Online, Jul 15»
2
What the Pakistan and Islamic State flags raised in Jammu … - Scroll.in
A government perceived as communal and majoritarian by a large number of Muslim constituencies has heightened insecurities in Kashmir. «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
3
Mukacheve puts Ukraine to the test | openDemocracy
'With his two brothers Ivan and Pavel, they're all people's deputies now after being elected in local majoritarian constituencies. They have a ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
4
Art and Politics Collide in India | The Diplomat
Chauhan's only qualification is his association with the ruling party in Delhi and his subscription to the majoritarian ideology. We oppose this ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
5
Where do we go from ILP? | KanglaOnline
We do not intend to see a movement that is merely popular which may happen to be a tilted, singular, and majoritarian expression; but a ... «KanglaOnline, Jul 15»
6
Our laws have the last word | News24
Again, there is the tricky aspect of the counter-majoritarian idea (not counter-revolutionary) where the recurring question is why unelected ... «News24, Jul 15»
7
Absence of a credible Kurdish political party - YUSUF KANLI
With the election, the nation sought to close the majoritarian and dictatorial leadership and governance style of President Recep Tayyip ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jul 15»
8
Metamor phosis from democracy to totalitarianism By Anuradha …
... out the few voices who are a threat in pursuit of artificially homogenized acceptance of the majoritarian 'drill' and its 'masterful drill-master'. «Kashmir Times, Jul 15»
9
Is Asean reeling in stormy economic waters?
In reality, the issues beckoning a concrete response include the need for majoritarian rule, which respects the rights of minorities, mutual ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
10
EFF launches blunt attack on Blade
“The utterances of top ANC and SACP leaders that demonise the judiciary as an anti-majoritarian liberal offensive whenever the courts rule ... «News24, Jul 15»

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