General and Majority

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

Usage example: the general mood of the nation was one of hope and optimism

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

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

Nearby Word: major

In general, we regard a two-thirds majority as the threshold for a majority to be called a consensus, but this number is not set in stone.

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However, an overwhelming majority of dog protagonists, and characters in general, in cartoons, comics, and other fictional works are male.

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The general belief for the majority of the episode "Ridicule" was that men can't be raped by women.

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