Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

правота большинства

English translation:

the rightness of the majority

Added to glossary by Konstantin Kisin
Oct 4, 2004 19:32
19 yrs ago
Russian term

правоту большинства

Russian to English Art/Literary Philosophy
Этот ответ еще тяжелее первого, потому что побуждает расстаться с усвоенной от детства успокоительной верой в правоту большинства, на которой основывается столь многое.

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the rightness of the majority

DAVID VALDES GREENWOOD - Bay Windows - Columns
... first, our society loves to have clear-cut black and white sides in an issue; second,
anything that further establishes the rightness of the majority is going ...
www.baywindows.com/news/2001/05/ 31/Columns/David.Valdes.Greenwood-78800.shtml - 30k - Cached - Similar pages

Communist organisation and discipline
... in mind in order to avert any simplistic solution of the problem, either that requiring
at all moments a poll to prove the rightness of the majority, or that ...
www.sinistra.net/lib/upt/comlef/cotu/cotugdiboe.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages

Just Good Company: A Journal of Religion and Culture
... because he wanted unanimity on this issue. He had no doubt about the
rightness of the majority opinion. But he didn’t want the ...
justgoodcompany.com/1.3/kaiser.htm - 101k - Cached - Similar pages

POLITICAL BEHAVIOR: Chapter 9: THINKING ABOUT DEMOCRACY
... Then he states his third principle, having to do with the great virtue
of the common man and with the rightness of the majority. ...
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[CTRL] Smyrna
... And because they dominate the establishment media the dumbed-down masses
seem to be convinced of the rightness of the majority. ...
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Guestbook Hot Springs Promenade | What does the World Think of ...
... those over us) very highly in love because of their work (and) Be at peace among
yourselves." This verse affirms the rightness of the majority of American ...
www.hotspringsar.com/gbook.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree Kirill Semenov
3 mins
Thank you.
agree Oleg Sollogub
8 hrs
Thank you.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks Jack, spot on"
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the justice of majority

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the belief that the majority is right

Помилуйте, но justice - это ВОВСЕ не правота. Ничего похожего.

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И majority, конечно же, всегда the.

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the conviction вместо belief может быть лучше.
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the majority rules

the belief that the majority rules
Peer comment(s):

agree Mikhail Kropotov : 100% correct usage (and common, too)
1 hr
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