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, 4 Dec. 2018
• 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, 9 Sep. 2020
• 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, 6 Dec. 2018
• By democracy, the pundits really mean majoritarianism, and our system has all sorts of counter-majoritarian rules built in, the Electoral College and the Senate being the most salient examples.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 23 July 2019
• 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, 15 Dec. 2018
• For example, one study indicated that his voters were driven by a desire to preserve white majoritarianism in a fast-changing country.
  — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018
• The framers of the Constitution, of course, deliberately constructed a government that would check raw majoritarianism.
  — Walter Dellinger, Slate Magazine, 21 June 2017
• 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, 5 Sep. 2019
• The system’s mix of proportional representation and majoritarianism has given an overwhelming majority to Georgian Dream, which received 49 percent of the popular vote but 77 percent of parliament seats in the last election.
  — Alexander Sikorski, National Review, 28 June 2019
• There’s no escaping the prevailing global zeitgeist of majoritarianism.
  — Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2019
• This brand of majoritarianism is objectively un-American, undermining the proper constitutional limits of the federal government to lord over states and localities.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 18 Mar. 2021
• Populism is unhindered majoritarianism and liberalism is the hindrance.
  — The Economist, 4 Dec. 2019
• Crass majoritarianism gives them a choice of living under Californian government in California or living under Californian government in Wyoming.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 9 Sep. 2020
• In this changing world, the fraternity necessary for social solidarity is being experienced as cultural majoritarianism.
  — Ajay Gudavarthy, Quartz India, 2 Sep. 2019
• Without basic liberal protections democracy can easily slide into populism or majoritarianism.
  — Sheri Berman, Washington Post, 18 July 2017
• American democracy, as in the Electoral College, accommodates considerations more complex than simpleminded majoritarianism.
  — George Will, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2018
• Wherever and whenever slavery enjoyed majority support, Calhoun’s enthusiasm for counter-majoritarianism mysteriously waned.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020

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