Majority and Overall

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

Nearby Word: major

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

Usage example: the overall mind-set among the people in our town seems to be that any increase in taxes is bad

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Majority and overall are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Majority" instead an adjective "Overall".

The vast majority of prehistoric hominids, like the vast majority of primates overall, were smaller than anatomically-modern humans.

Source: All Cavemen Were Neanderthals
The "excerpt" (which is actually the majority of the overall composition) that gained youtube fame is titled the former, with the overall piece titled the latter

Source: Flip-Flop of God
The Australian people to approve in a referendum, with a majority in the overall population, and a majority of states (which in practice means 4 out of 6 states).

Source: Useful Notes / Australian Politics

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