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Majoritarian

//məˈd͡ʒɒɹ.ɪ.tɛə.ɹi.ən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

Noun
  1. 1
    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 minoritarians seem to be getting the majority."

  2. 2
    One who is in majority.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From majority + -arian.

Etymology 2

From majority + -arian.

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