majority rule

English

Noun

majority rule (plural majority rules)

1. A decision rule whereby the decisions of the numerical majority of a group will be binding on the whole group, its parts, and each member.
2. The social choice function that selects the Condorcet winner if one exists, and otherwise makes no decision.

Related terms

• majoritarianism

See also

• democracy
• plurality
• Menshevism

References

• majority rule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “majority rule”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.