the principle that decisions supported by more than half the people in a group have effect upon all the people in that group
The ANC Executive had said it wanted to re-open the political dialogue to lead tomajority rule.
Examples of 'majority rule' in a sentence
majority rule
It is, and must be, much more than simply majority rule.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Majority rule was tried in the early years of independence and failed.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And so they aren't especially fond of majority rule.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
This so-called 'democratic hypocrisy' forms the compact of majority rule.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Majority rule can never work because the player with the lead melody must feel comfortable.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Before a campaign goes live it is tested to gauge uptake, and campaigns are tweaked or dropped according to majority rule.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Negotiations must continue to a conclusion that had to include universal suffrage and no exceptional constraints on majority rule.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It carries on, most of it, as though we are a relapse away from 1955 and the certainties of majority rule and party alternation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
About 40 per cent of the coun-try's population remains jobless and have seen little improvement in living standards since the arrival of majority rule.