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tyranny of the majority
Administrative law – Branch of law governing administrative agencies
An Enemy of the People – 1882 play by Henrik Ibsen
Argumentum ad populum – Fallacy of claiming the majority is always correct
authoritarian personality – Psychological trait/personality type
Cancel culture – Modern form of ostracism
Consensus decision-making – Making decisions based on a group's approval
Conformity – The act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms
Consociationalism – Political power sharing among cultural groups
Criticism of democracy – Issues and problems associated with democratic political systems
Dictatorship of the proletariat – Marxist political concept
Dominant minority – Minority group that holds a disproportionate amount of power
Elective dictatorship – One-government dominance of a parliament
Enabling Act of 1933 – Transfer of the Reichstag's power to the government under Hitler
General will – Term in political philosophy
Individualist anarchism – Branch of anarchism that emphasizes individuals
Majoritarianism – Political philosophy
Minoritarianism – Primacy of a minority in decision-making
Minority rights – Rights of members of minority groups
populism – Political philosophy
social anarchism – Branch of anarchism emphasizing communal individuality and mutual aid
Spiral of silence – Political science and mass communication theory
Totalitarianism – Extreme form of authoritarianism
Tragedy of the commons – Self-interests causing depletion of a shared resource
Utilitarianism – Philosophical and ethical principle