majoritarian
noun
ma·jor·i·tar·i·an
mə-ˌjȯr-ə-ˈter-ē-ən 
-ˌjär-
: a person who believes in or advocates majoritarianism
majoritarian
adjective
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Conservatism has ceased to be a political project capable of creating hegemony through majoritarian means.
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Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2020
Obscenity warnings were the pet project of moral majoritarians in the early 1990s.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 Sep. 2017
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Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2020
Obscenity warnings were the pet project of moral majoritarians in the early 1990s.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 Sep. 2017
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“Majoritarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majoritarian. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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