Definitions of majority rule
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the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole groupsynonyms: democracytype of:doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thoughta belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
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