silent majority

Etymology
Popularized in contemporary usage by U.S. President in a speech on November 3, 1969.

The older sense for "the dead" was used in English since the 19th century, and further back in Latin by the Roman writer Petronius, who wrote to describe the dead.

Noun

 * 1)  The largest portion of a demographic group or of the population of a political jurisdiction, which is considered to possess political and social views that are not openly declared, but that can nevertheless significantly affect voting patterns and social behavior.
 * 2) * 1998 June 7, Judith Levine, "What Went Wrong on the Way to Integration" (book review of Someone Else's House by Tamar Jacoby), Businessweek (retrieved 13 Aug 2012) :
 * As for leadership, she applauds New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose stern law and order policies have won over the "black silent majority," she says.
 * 1)  Those who are dead.
 * As for leadership, she applauds New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose stern law and order policies have won over the "black silent majority," she says.
 * 1)  Those who are dead.
 * 1)  Those who are dead.
 * 1)  Those who are dead.
 * 1)  Those who are dead.

Translations

 * German: schweigende Mehrheit
 * Indonesian: mayoritas diam
 * Malay: majoriti pasif
 * Spanish: mayoría silenciosa