majority rule
noun
: a political principle providing that a majority usually constituted by fifty percent plus one of an organized group will have the power to make decisions binding upon the whole
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web When Zimbabwe achieved independence and majority rule in 1980, the new government vigorously expanded the country's education system so that all Black children could attend primary and secondary school. 
Farai Mutsaka, ajc, 17 July 2022 The Supreme Court is poised to cut the heart out of majority rule. Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022 In fact, the days are numbered as to when the Senate will be simply run by a majority rule of 50 votes like every other democratic institution in America. James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022 In the current environment, the real danger is too little majority rule rather than too much of it. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 May 2022 Under American constitutional democracy, many decisions are made by majority rule, accomplished through elections. Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 4 May 2022 Surely that must have at least the same priority as enacting a budget by majority rule. Thomas Geoghegan, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2022 The founders created a legislative process that includes checks and balances among the three branches of government to guard against unbridled majority rule and out-of-control interest groups exerting undue pressure on lawmakers. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022 The ease with which both parties swing from praise to condemnation of their fellow senators confirms that the Framers got it right in making the Senate a constraint on majority rule. James Huffman, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2021 See More
Farai Mutsaka, ajc, 17 July 2022 The Supreme Court is poised to cut the heart out of majority rule. Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022 In fact, the days are numbered as to when the Senate will be simply run by a majority rule of 50 votes like every other democratic institution in America. James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022 In the current environment, the real danger is too little majority rule rather than too much of it. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 May 2022 Under American constitutional democracy, many decisions are made by majority rule, accomplished through elections. Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 4 May 2022 Surely that must have at least the same priority as enacting a budget by majority rule. Thomas Geoghegan, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2022 The founders created a legislative process that includes checks and balances among the three branches of government to guard against unbridled majority rule and out-of-control interest groups exerting undue pressure on lawmakers. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022 The ease with which both parties swing from praise to condemnation of their fellow senators confirms that the Framers got it right in making the Senate a constraint on majority rule. James Huffman, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above