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Antonyms for majority

Grammar : Noun
Spell : muh-jawr-i-tee, -jor-
Phonetic Transcription : məˈdʒɔr ɪ ti, -ˈdʒɒr-


Definition of majority

Origin :
  • 1550s, "condition of being greater, superiority," from Middle French majorité (16c.), from Medieval Latin majoritatem (nominative majoritas) "majority," from Latin maior "greater" (see major (adj.)). Sense of "state of being of full age" is attested from 1560s; meaning "greater number or part" (of votes, etc.) first recorded 1690s. The majority "the dead" recorded from 1719.
  • noun plurality, most
  • noun adulthood
Example sentences :
  • The chapel was thronged, the majority of members being women.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • If the minority will not acquiesce, the majority must, or the Government must cease.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • It was found that ninety-three Liberals had voted with the majority.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • "That's three to one, Emma, and the majority rules," evaded Grace.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Mr. Gladstone received a majority of 173 over his ultra-Protestant opponent.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The only standard by which the majority of us appraise our work is man's.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • As long as a majority was prepared, it was wasting money to conciliate any body else.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • The majority of revolutionises are the enemies of discipline and fatigue mostly.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The majority of revolutionists are the enemies of discipline and fatigue mostly.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The majority of the following poems are to be considered as experiments.
  • Extract from : « Lyrical Ballads 1798 » by William Wordsworth

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