absolute majority

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut məˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɪ.ti/, /ˌæb.səˈljut məˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɪ.ti/

Noun

absolute majority (plural absolute majorities)

1. A true numerical majority, more than 50% of the items being counted.

   The idea of an absolute majority is somewhat ambiguous, sometimes simply meaning a majority of the vote total and sometimes a majority of all eligible voters.

Hypernyms

• majority

Coordinate terms

• superminority, qualified minority, plurality, relative majority, simple majority, qualified majority, supermajority

Translations

>50% of the counted item, esp. votes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絕對多數／绝对多数 (zh) (juéduì duōshù)

• Danish: absolut flertal n
• Dutch: volstrekte meerderheid m, absolute meerderheid m
• Finnish: yksinkertainen enemmistö
• French: majorité absolue (fr) f
• Galician: maioría absoluta f
• Georgian: აბსოლუტური უმრავლესობა (absoluṭuri umravlesoba)
• German: absolute Mehrheit (de) f
• Hindi: अर्द्धशताधिक बहुमत m (arddhaśtādhik bahumat), पूर्ण बहुमत m (pūrṇ bahumat)
• Icelandic: hreinn meirihluti m
• Japanese: 絶対多数 (zettai tasū), 過半数 (ja) (kahansū)
• Korean: 절대다수 (jeoldaedasu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absolutt flertall n

• Occitan: majoritat absoluda f
• Persian: اکثریت مطلق‎ (aksariyat-e motlaq)
• Polish: większość bezwzględna f
• Portuguese: maioria absoluta f
• Romanian: majoritate absolută (ro) f
• Russian: абсолютное большинство (ru) n (absoljutnoje bolʹšinstvo)
• Spanish: mayoría absoluta f

Further reading

• absolute majority at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “absolute majority”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “absolute majority”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “absolute majority” (US) / “absolute majority” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “absolute majority” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.