| silent majority | |
| —n | |
| a presumed moderate majority of the citizens who are too passive to make their views known | |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
A term used by President Richard Nixon to indicate his belief that the great body of Americans supported his policies and that those who demonstrated against the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War amounted to only a noisy minority.