How to Use majoritarianism in a Sentence

majoritarianism

noun
  • Most of the appeal of Trump was white majoritarianism and cultural grievances.
    — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 2018-12-04
  • There is more to intelligent and decent government than sheer numeric might and majoritarianism — see again the Bill of Rights.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 2020-09-09
  • And from majoritarianism to authoritarianism is a very short slide backwards.
    — Angelina Jolie, Time, 2021-04-17
  • With Arab nationalism on the wane and majoritarianism ascendant sectarian alignments are now coming to the fore.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 2012-04-10
  • But one which will only develop if progressive leaders are able to move beyond excessive fear of populism and learn to speak the language of popular majoritarianism and democratic self-rule.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 2018-12-15
  • And the widespread rioting in France shows the dangers of allowing a healthy dose of democracy to transmogrify into a brutal majoritarianism.
    — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 2018-12-06
  • There’s no escaping the prevailing global zeitgeist of majoritarianism.
    — Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 2019-08-19
  • The framers of the Constitution, of course, deliberately constructed a government that would check raw majoritarianism.
    — Walter Dellinger, Slate Magazine, 2017-06-21
  • Populism is unhindered majoritarianism and liberalism is the hindrance.
    — The Economist, 2019-12-04
  • Those protesting the law—which for the first time determines Indian citizenship on the basis of religion—see it as emblematic of growing authoritarianism and Hindu majoritarianism.
    — Madhav Khosla, Foreign Affairs, 2020-02-05
  • In Assam, the politics of citizenship, which is a toxic combination of Assamese sub-nationalism and Hindutva majoritarianism, brings to the fore how the limits on human rights put by modern nation-states and ideas of citizenship may be weaponised.
    — Smitana Saikia, Quartz India, 2019-09-05
  • American democracy, as in the Electoral College, accommodates considerations more complex than simpleminded majoritarianism.
    — George Will, chicagotribune.com, 2018-05-03

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