Minority Opinion

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Minority Opinion

Minority Opinion

The opinion of the small portion of the public or among the decision-makers.

("Say, 'Let the majority depart, but the minority opinion remains,' for there the minority is transformed into the majority" - Orḥa Ḥayyim, Siman 462)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דַּעַת מִעוּט

Definition (Hebrew)

הַדֵּעָה שֶׁל הַחֵלֶק הַקָּטָן הַצִּבּוּר אוֹ בְּקֶרֶב מְקַבְּלֵי הַהַחְלָטוֹת.

("אִמְרִי' זִיל בָּתַר רֹב אֶלָּא דַּהְתּוּר' בָּטְלָה דַּעַת הַמִּעוּט ול"ש שָׁם שֶׁהַמִּעוּט נֶהְפַּךְ לְרֹב"-אֹרַח חַיִּים סִימָן תרלב)

Keyword

minority opinion small portion public decisions

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