dictatorship of the majority

dictatorship of the majority (countable and uncountable, plural dictatorships of the majority)

1. Synonym of tyranny of the majority
   • 1897, American Fabian, volumes 3-4, page 14:

     As to the reproach that Socialists desire either the dictatorship of the proletariat over the higher classes—or the dictatorship of the majority over the minority, Herr Liebknecht successfully disposes of these accusations.

   • 1985, Alex Callinicos, “Repressive toleration revisited”, in Aspects of Toleration, J. Horton and S. Mendus eds., →ISBN, page 64:

     Both the Jacobins and Lenin believed in a temporary dictatorship of the majority over counterrevolutionary minorities.

   • 2005, John Coakley, Michael Gallagher, Politics in the Republic of Ireland‎, →ISBN, page 67:

     The ease with which the will of the greater number may be translated into the dictatorship of the majority has not yet become the subject of public debate.