Common and Majority

Common

Common adjective - Held by or applicable to a majority of the people.

Usage example: a politician who works not for the special interests but for the common good

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Majority and common are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Majority" instead an adjective "Common".

Majority adjective - Held by or applicable to a majority of the people.

Usage example: the majority opinion among the tour group members was that they should cancel the rest of the trip

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Common and majority are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Common" instead an adjective "Majority".

Nearby Word: major

female	female common	female majority
normal	normal common	normal majority
fair	fair common	fair majority
single	single common	single majority
Other adjectives: popular, strong, large, big, great, black, necessary, white, largest.

Coastal flooding has become common and the majority of food the player can pick up seems to be artificial, or made with Human Resources.

Source: Gaia's Lament
In these cases, a common tactic is to run commercials against a particular candidate claiming he or she is being supported by a person or group that's considered unpopular by the majority of voters.

Source: Damned by a Fool's Praise
Of course, in Real Life, many practices considered common by the majority may be expressly forbidden to people of a particular religious group.

Source: Against My Religion

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