silent majority
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The "silent majority" is a political term popularized by U.S. President Richard Nixon to describe the large group of ostensibly moderate, non-protesting citizens whose support he claimed for his policies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| silent majority canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9048794 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: silent majority Context triple: [Nixon’s address to the nation on the Vietnam War, associatedPhrase, silent majority]
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A.
A Majority of One
A Majority of One is a 1959 Broadway play (later adapted into a film) that explores cultural clashes and mutual understanding between a Jewish widow and a Japanese businessman.
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New Majority
New Majority was a center-left political coalition in Chile that brought together several progressive parties, including the Socialist Party and the Christian Democrats, to support common presidential and legislative candidates in the 2010s.
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Silent
Silent film is a type of motion picture produced without synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue, relying instead on visuals, intertitles, and music to convey its story.
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In Search of a Majority
"In Search of a Majority" is an essay by James Baldwin that examines race, identity, and the quest for political and social power in mid-20th-century America.
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Majority text
The Majority text is a form of the Greek New Testament text that reflects the readings found in the majority of surviving Byzantine manuscripts and underlies the traditional ecclesiastical text used in Eastern Orthodoxy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: silent majority Target entity description: The "silent majority" is a political term popularized by U.S. President Richard Nixon to describe the large group of ostensibly moderate, non-protesting citizens whose support he claimed for his policies.
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A.
A Majority of One
A Majority of One is a 1959 Broadway play (later adapted into a film) that explores cultural clashes and mutual understanding between a Jewish widow and a Japanese businessman.
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B.
New Majority
New Majority was a center-left political coalition in Chile that brought together several progressive parties, including the Socialist Party and the Christian Democrats, to support common presidential and legislative candidates in the 2010s.
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C.
Silent
Silent film is a type of motion picture produced without synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue, relying instead on visuals, intertitles, and music to convey its story.
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D.
In Search of a Majority
"In Search of a Majority" is an essay by James Baldwin that examines race, identity, and the quest for political and social power in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
Majority text
The Majority text is a form of the Greek New Testament text that reflects the readings found in the majority of surviving Byzantine manuscripts and underlies the traditional ecclesiastical text used in Eastern Orthodoxy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | political concept ⓘ |
| appealTarget |
suburban voters
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white middle-class Americans ⓘ working-class voters ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Richard Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEra |
early 1970s
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late 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedWithIssue | Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
American political catchphrases
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political rhetoric ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
anti-war protesters
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counterculture movement ⓘ student activists ⓘ |
| describes |
large group of citizens who are not publicly vocal
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non-protesting citizens ⓘ ostensibly moderate citizens ⓘ |
| firstMajorUseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| hasDebatedStatus |
empirical existence of such a majority
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representativeness of the group it describes ⓘ size of the group it describes ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
modern populist discourse
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subsequent U.S. presidential campaigns ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
majority that is politically disengaged
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majority that is socially conservative but not activist ⓘ |
| hasOriginCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalOrientation | typically conservative-leaning ⓘ |
| impliesSupportFor |
Nixon administration policies
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government policies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
perception of media bias
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social unrest in the 1960s ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | English ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Richard Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularizedInSpeech | Richard Nixon's November 3, 1969 speech on the Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
middle America
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moral majority ⓘ silent majority of voters ⓘ silent voters ⓘ |
| rhetoricalFunction |
to claim broad but quiet public support
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to contrast with vocal minorities ⓘ |
| usedAs |
campaign slogan element
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legitimizing narrative for policy ⓘ |
| usedBy |
conservative politicians
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populist leaders ⓘ right-wing movements ⓘ |
| usedByOfficeholder | President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
U.S. domestic politics
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culture wars ⓘ electoral politics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: silent majority Description of subject: The "silent majority" is a political term popularized by U.S. President Richard Nixon to describe the large group of ostensibly moderate, non-protesting citizens whose support he claimed for his policies.
Referenced by (1)
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