Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

51 percent

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: 51 per-cent
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A narrow or bare majority.

American usage

Example Sentences

"But in a political system, everything tends to be a yes-or-no decision; if 51 percent vote yes, it's yes."
"Majority rule, loosely put, is the proposition that 51 percent of the people should be able to get whatever they want."
"It was he who argued that the tyranny imposed by 51 percent of the people was every bit as threatening to democracy as the royal tyranny the colonists had fought to leave behind."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

51% (alternative)

Phrases

one-percenter tyranny of the majority

Frequently Paired Words

one-percenter tyranny of the majority

Questions

What does 51 percent mean?: A narrow or bare majority.

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