Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

majoritarianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
ma-jori-tar-i-an-ism
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of democracy in which decisions are made by a simple majority of some organized group.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English majority Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English majoritarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English majoritarianism From majoritarian + -ism.

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What does majoritarianism mean?
A form of democracy in which decisions are made by a simple majority of some organized group.
Where does majoritarianism come from?
Etymology tree English majority Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English majoritarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English majoritarianism From majoritarian + -ism.

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