Majority vs False - What's the difference?
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More than half (50%) of some group
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, passage=But in 1912 the American people gave the Democrats another opportunity, and under the leadership of Woodrow Wilson we swept the country from sea to sea. At the end of that historic contest we had the Presidency, the Senate by a working majority, and the House by an overwhelming majority.}}
The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes
(dated) Legal adulthood
(UK) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major
Ancestors; ancestry.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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, title= Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun majority
is more than half (50%) of some group.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.majority
English
(wikipedia majority)Noun
(majorities)- 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 winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.
- By the time I reached my majority , I had already been around the world twice.
- On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority .
Usage notes
* Majority in the sense of "more than half" is used with countable nouns only; for example, "The majority of the members of the committee were in favour of the motion." It is incorrect to use with it uncountable nouns, as in "The majority of the world is covered with water." In the latter case, it is preferable to use expressions such as "the larger part of" or "most of" instead of the "the majority of",Antonyms
* (more than half) minorityDerived terms
* by a majority * dictatorship of the majority * double majority * majority leader * majority rule * silent majority * simple majority * supermajority * tyranny of the majoritySee also
* mostfalse
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}