majority 意味
EN[məˈdʒɑrɪti] [məˈdʒɔrɪti]US
日大半 ウマジョリティ
- マジョリティ(英:majority)は、本来、「多数者」・「多数派」を意味する英語の言葉。反対語は、マイノリティ。
- 人が集まると集団が出来る。集団を集合ととらえたときの最大の部分集合がマジョリティになる。
- 例として日本では、大和民族がマジョリティであり、アイヌ民族や外国人はマイノリティとなる。
- また、単純な人数としては必ずしも多数でなくとも、様々な経緯によって、強い発言力を持ち優位な立場に立つグループが存在する場合に、それを指してマジョリティという場合も有り得る。以下に、例を挙げる。
- 征服王朝の支配階層
- 植民地における宗主国出身者
- アパルトヘイト体制下の南アフリカにおける白人
- 名詞 (Noun)PLmajoritiesSUF-ity
- More than half (50%) of some group.
- The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.
- Those opposing the building plans were in the majority, so the building project was canceled.
- The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.
- The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.
- (dated) Legal adulthood.
- By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.
- (Britain) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
- On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.
- Ancestors; ancestry.
- More than half (50%) of some group.
- より多くの例
- 文の途中で使用される
- ( E ) Ninety-five percent majority rule consensus tree from Bayesian analyses of five concatenated genes from cirratuliform annelids, showing Swima n. gen. as part of Acrocirridae.
- The majority said temporary wardship, which allowed the girl to receive a transfusion, was justified.
- The vast majority of these studies have focused on the variability in the CYP3A and ABCB1 genes, which are responsible for the metabolism and transport of anticalcineurin inhibitors [27 ,28 ].
- 文の終わに使われる
- A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
- 文の途中で使用される
Definition of majority in English Dictionary
- 品詞階層 (Part-of-Speech Hierarchy)
- 名詞
- 可算名詞
- 可算名詞
- 名詞
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