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The matrix C is antisymmetric, so the scalar Majorana spinor bilinear is not identically zero. For example, choose two independent odd Grassmann variables λα​,λβ​ at a pair of indices with Cαβ​=0. Their contribution is 2Cαβ​λα​λβ​, which is nonzero as a Grassmann polynomial. This is why a Majorana mass term is possible.

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