majority

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majority

Summary

majority ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,112 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • majority is a type of plurality[2].
  • majority is a type of part[3].
  • majority is the opposite of minority[4].
  • majority's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Majority[5].
  • majority's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[6].
  • majority's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • majority's different from is recorded as absolute majority[8].
  • majority's different from is recorded as plurality[9].
  • majority's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Elections and Referendums[10].
  • majority's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Politics[11].
  • majority's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Parliamentary Procedure[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include plurality[2] and part[3]. majority is the opposite of minority[4].

Influence

Things named for majority include Bolsheviks[13], a political faction[14], founded in 1903[15].

Why It Matters

majority ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,112 views/month).[1] majority has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] majority is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for majority include Bolsheviks[13], a political faction[14], founded in 1903[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of plurality, part
    Topic's main category Category:Majority
    Different from absolute majority, plurality
    Subclass of
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20889, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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