Dominant
Majority
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
Dominant and majority are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dominant" instead an adjective "Majority".
Nearby Word: major
Both words in one sentence
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She was a White Martian who suffered extreme prejudice against her from the dominant green martian majority.
Source: I Just Want to Have Friends -
Inverted in a rather literal sense in the earlier 2D games, and in Wii games, where Link is right-handed when facing west, or where his dominant hand needs to match the majority of players.
Source: Left-Handed Mirror -
In the great majority of fantasy settings (and science fiction too, for that matter), humans are always the dominant and major race.
Source: Most Writers Are Human
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