Definition of Absolute majority

1. Noun. (elections) more than half of the votes.

Exact synonyms: Majority
Category relationships: Election
Generic synonyms: Relative Quantity
Derivative terms: Major

Definition of Absolute majority

1. Noun. More than half of the votes cast; more than half of the possible votes. ¹

2. Noun. more than half of the counted item. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolute Majority

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Literary usage of Absolute majority

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"The absolute majority Method. BY ROBERT TYSON. "NA country like the United States, where so many executive officers are elected by direct vote of ..."

2. American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses by Frank Moore (1878)
"I have thus presented all possible modes in •which a government founded upon the will of an absolute majority will be modified ; and Lave demonstrated that, ..."

3. Lex Parliamentaria Americana: Elements of the Law and Practice of by Luther Stearns Cushing (1874)
"In this country, however, the principle of majority, or absolute majority, as it is sometimes called, was early introduced into the law of elections by the ..."

4. Life of John C. Calhoun: Presenting a Condensed History of Political Events by John Caldwell Calhoun, Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1843)
"I hold it impossible for any one to look at the theoretical illustration of the principle of the absolute majority in the cases which I have supposed, ..."

5. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1860)
"The Government of the absolute majority, instead of the Government of the people, is but the Government of the strongest interests ; and when not ..."

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