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on the whole

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democracy the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
plantigrade (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)
majority rule the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group