supermajoritarian

Adjective

 * 1) Supporting the requirement that proponents of a position have a supermajority if they wish to overrule the minority.
 * 2) * 1987, United States Congress, House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law, Proposed Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendments: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, October 15, November 17, and November 18, 1987, Volume 4, p. 611:
 * 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.