数かずの暴ぼう力りょく

expression, noun

tyranny of the majority; violence by weight of numbers

Used when a group uses its numerical superiority to force a decision or overwhelm opposition, often with a negative connotation.

• 会かい議ぎでは数かずの暴ぼう力りょくで少しょう数すう意い見けんが押おし切きられた。

  At the meeting, the minority opinion was overruled by the tyranny of the majority.

• 数かずの暴ぼう力りょくに屈くっせず、自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを言いい続つづけた。

  Without yielding to the weight of numbers, I kept voicing my opinion.