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Majority

Majority Meaning & Definition
Majority Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Majority?

[n] the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"
[n] (in an election) more than half of the votes
[n] the age at which a person is considered competent to manage their own affairs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Majority: absolute majority | bulk | legal age

Related Terms | Find terms related to Majority: accomplishment | adulthood | adultness | age of consent | ascendancy | best part | better part | body | bulk | deanship | driving age | essence | excellence | favor | flower of age | full age | full bloom | full growth | fullgrownness | generality | gist | gravamen | greatness | grown-upness | incomparability | inimitability | lead | legal age | legalis homo | main body | major part | manhood | manlihood | mass | mature age | maturity | meat | more than half | most | one-upmanship | plurality | precedence | predominance | predomination | preeminence | preponderance | preponderancy | prepotence | prepotency | prerogative | prestige | prime | prime of life | priority | privilege | right-of-way | ripe age | riper years | seniority | skill | substance | success | superiority | the greatest number | thrust | toga virilis | transcendence | transcendency | virility | virtuosity | womanhood | womanlihood | years of discretion

See Also | adulthood | age | eld | figure | legal status | maturity | number | relative quantity

Majority In Webster's Dictionary

\Ma*jor"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Majorities}. [F. majorit['e]. See {Major}.] 1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically: (a) The military rank of a major. (b) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs. 2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast. 3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.] 4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See {Plurality}. {To go over to, or To join}, {the majority}, to die.

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