dictatorship of the majority

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dictatorship of the majority (countable and uncountable, plural dictatorships of the majority)

  1. Synonym of tyranny of the majority
    • 1897, American Fabian, volumes 3-4, page 14:
      As to the reproach that Socialists desire either the dictatorship of the proletariat over the higher classes—or the dictatorship of the majority over the minority, Herr Liebknecht successfully disposes of these accusations.
    • 1985, Alex Callinicos, “Repressive toleration revisited”, in Aspects of Toleration, J. Horton and S. Mendus eds., →ISBN, page 64:
      Both the Jacobins and Lenin believed in a temporary dictatorship of the majority over counterrevolutionary minorities.
    • 2005, John Coakley, Michael Gallagher, Politics in the Republic of Ireland[1], →ISBN, page 67:
      The ease with which the will of the greater number may be translated into the dictatorship of the majority has not yet become the subject of public debate.

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