Oxford Dictionary English the moral majority nounnoun BrE BrE//ðə ˌmɒrəl məˈdʒɒrəti// ; NAmE NAmE//ðə ˌmɔːrəl məˈdʒɔːrəti// , NAmE//ðə ˌmɑːrəl məˈdʒɑːrəti// [singular + singular or plural verb] Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsthe largest group of people in a society, considered as having very traditional ideas about moral matters, religion, sexual behaviour, etc. Word Origin1970s: originally as Moral Majority, the name of a right-wing movement in the US.See the moral majority in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: the moral majority oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
