##  [Condorcet Paradox](/index.php/condorcet-paradox) 

  ##  [Condorcet Paradox](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/condorcet-paradox-0) 

  

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Definition

A phenomenon in preference aggregation where collective (social) preferences produced by majority pairwise comparisons are cyclical (intransitive) despite every individual having transitive ordinal preferences, so no alternative beats every other alternative by majority (no Condorcet winner).