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

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