ABSOLUTE MAJORITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does absolute majority mean? 

• ABSOLUTE MAJORITY (noun)
  The noun ABSOLUTE MAJORITY has 1 sense:

1. (elections) more than half of the votes

  Familiarity information: ABSOLUTE MAJORITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSOLUTE MAJORITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(elections) more than half of the votes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

absolute majority; majority

Hypernyms ("absolute majority" is a kind of...):

relative quantity (a quantity relative to some purpose)

Domain category:

election (a vote to select the winner of a position or political office)