Definition of majority Majority

/mʌʤɔˈɹʌti/ - [mujorutee] - ma•jor•i•ty

We found 18 definitions of majority from 7 different sources.

What does majority mean?

Noun Plural: majorities
majority - the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"
		bulk
		minority being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position"
		number, figure an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number"
majority - the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
		legal age
		eld, age how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"
		adulthood, maturity the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity
majority - (elections) more than half of the votes
		absolute majority
		relative quantity a quantity relative to some purpose
		election the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"

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majority (Noun)
More than half 50% of some group.
majority (Noun)
The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.
majority (Noun)
Legal adulthood.
majority (Noun)
The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.

majority (n.)
The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
majority (n.)
The military rank of a major.
majority (n.)
The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
majority (n.)
The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
majority (n.)
Ancestors; ancestry.
majority (n.)
The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.

Majority means the greater number of something. The opposite is minority.

If more than half the people are right-handed we can say that the majority of people are right-handed.

A minority of people are left-handed.

In fact, nearly everyone is right-handed, so we can say that the "vast majority" are right-handed, and only a "small minority" are left-handed.

If a political party gets a majority of votes, it means that they get more than any of the other parties.

Example: if there are three parties, the winning party may have a majority of 40% while the other two each have 30%.

An "absolute majority" means more votes than all the other parties together, i.e. more than half the total votes.