Plurality vs. Majority
Pluralitynoun
(uncountable) The state of being plural.
Pluralitynoun
(ecclesiastical) The holding of multiple benefices.
Pluralitynoun
(countable) A state of being numerous.
Pluralitynoun
(countable) A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.
Pluralitynoun
(countable) A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.
Pluralitynoun
(countable) A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.
Pluralitynoun
(countable) A group of many entities: a large number.
Pluralitynoun
(countable) A group composed of more than one entity.
Pluralitynoun
(of spouses) Polygamy.
Pluralitynoun
The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.
Pluralitynoun
The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority.
Pluralitynoun
See Plurality of benefices, below.
Pluralitynoun
the state of being plural;
Pluralitynoun
a large indefinite number;
Pluralitynoun
(in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)
Majoritynoun
More than half (50%) of some group.
Majoritynoun
The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.
Majoritynoun
(dated) Legal adulthood, age of majority.
Majoritynoun
(UK) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
Majoritynoun
Ancestors; ancestry.
Majoritynoun
The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
Majoritynoun
The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
Majoritynoun
Ancestors; ancestry.
Majoritynoun
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.
Majoritynoun
the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part;
Majoritynoun
(elections) more than half of the votes
Majoritynoun
the age at which a person is considered competent to manage their own affairs
Majority
A majority, also called a simple majority to distinguish it from similar terms (see the section below), is the greater part, or more than half, of the total. It is a subset of a set consisting of more than half of the set's elements.
