Supermajoritarian
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Supporting the requirement that proponents of a position have a supermajority if they wish to overrule the minority.
"These supermajoritarian proposals mark a significant departure from our normal majoritarian processes and would often permit minority political interests in one House to thwart the electorate's most recent expression of support for the policies offered by a majority of the representatives it had elected."
Example
More examples"These supermajoritarian proposals mark a significant departure from our normal majoritarian processes and would often permit minority political interests in one House to thwart the electorate's most recent expression of support for the policies offered by a majority of the representatives it had elected."
Etymology
From supermajority + -arian.
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