Condorcet paradox

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In social choice theory, Condorcet's voting paradox (also called Condorcet's paradox or the Condorcet paradox) is a fundamental discovery by the Marquis de Condorcet that majority rule can be self-contradictory as majority preferences can become intransitive with three or more options.

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