With the rise of the orthodoxy, then, the foremost and elemental factor that came to be emphasized was the notion of the majority of the community.
In transferring power into the hands of a larger number, in allowing nations to meddle with each other's business, the EU simply elevates the notion of 'the majority' to another scale.
An editorial in the weekly Hebdo had noted that any notion of a female majority in the cabinet "used to seem just a while ago as pure science fiction".
Activists long ago abandoned the quaint notion of persuading a majority of the public that their ideas are best for the country, and prefer instead to confer only with the fellow self-righteous who already think and feel – feeling being most important here – just as they do.
In Zapata-Barrero's view, interculturalism arises in a "post-multicultural" moment of anti-multiculturalist backlash, financial crisis (favoring low-cost, "mainstreaming" policy solutions to diversity), and "superdiversity" with its multiple identity and post-race issues, where diversity is even eroding the notion of a homogeneous "majority".
"The House Republican budget, the never-ending attack on women's health, and even the notion of Mitch McConnell becoming Majority Leader has fired up our supporters earlier than ever before".
Advisers to Mr. Obama cautioned that, in spite of the Democratic successes from Ohio to New Mexico to Virginia and Florida, they were not consumed with notions of permanent majorities, per se.
In agreement with this notion, the majority of the transport-related genes identified in this study have not been reported in the previous STM screens with the lung and bacteremia infection models.
Consistent with general notion, the majority of identified Boechera miRNA precursors contain more A+U nucleotides than G+C [ 42, 43].
He dismissed Major's notion of the "tyranny of the majority", saying: "It was a full and fair, democratic vote, and the majority voted to bring Britain out of the European Union.
