Alexis de Tocqueville referred to the ability of the majority in a democracy to impose its will on everyone else as

A. the “tyranny of democracy.”
B. “unenlightened despotism.”
C. “manifest destiny.”
D. the “tyranny of the majority.”


Answer: D

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