Word.ws English Dictionary

Condorcet's paradox

Condorcet's paradox is the alternative form of Condorcet paradox.

Meaning of Condorcet paradox

Proper noun

the Condorcet paradox

  1. The observation that majority rule is inherently self-contradictory because it is logically impossible for any voting system to guarantee that a winner will have support from a majority.

Questions about Condorcet's paradox

What is Condorcet's paradox the alternative form of?
Condorcet's paradox is the alternative form of Condorcet paradox.

Words near Condorcet's paradox in the dictionary

  1. Condorcet
  2. Condorcet cycle
  3. Condorcet cycles
  4. Condorcet method
  5. Condorcet paradox
  6. Condorcet's paradox
  7. Condorcetian
  8. condores
  9. condors
  10. condos
  11. Condoses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Condorcet's paradox (page history and authors); Condorcet paradox (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Condorcet's paradox.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/condorcet%27s_paradox. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.