absolute majority

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

absolute majority (plural absolute majorities)

1. More than half of the votes cast; more than half of the possible votes.
2. More than half of the counted item.

Antonyms

• plurality
• relative majority

Translations

A number of votes totalling over 50 per cent

• 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)
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• Icelandic: hreinn meirihluti m
• Japanese: 絶対多数 (zettai tasū), 過半数 (ja) (kahansū)
• Korean: 절대다수 (jeoldaedasu)
• Occitan: majoritat absoluda f
• Persian: اکثریت مطلق (aksariyat-e motlaq)
• Portuguese: maioria absoluta f
• Romanian: majoritate absolută (ro) f
• Spanish: mayoría absoluta f