mayoritas diam

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

Compound of mayoritas (“majority”) +‎ diam (“silent”), calque of English silent majority.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /majoˈritas ˈdiam/

Noun edit

mayoritas diam (first-person possessive mayoritas diamku, second-person possessive mayoritas diammu, third-person possessive mayoritas diamnya)

(politics) silent majority: the largest portion of a demographic group or of the population of a political jurisdiction, which is considered to possess political and social views that are not openly declared, but that can nevertheless significantly affect voting patterns and social behavior.
Synonym: majoriti pasif (Standard Malay)

Further reading edit

“mayoritas diam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.