Supermajoritarianism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A form of democracy in which decisions must be made by a supermajority of the whole group. uncountable

    "Buchanan and Tullock (1962) provide a different justification for supermajoritarianism."

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"Buchanan and Tullock (1962) provide a different justification for supermajoritarianism."

Etymology

From supermajoritarian + -ism.

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