supermajority

American  

[soo-per-muh-jawr-i-tee, -jor-] / ˈsu pər məˌdʒɔr ɪ ti, -ˌdʒɒr- /

noun

plural

supermajorities

1. a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.

2. a majority greater than a specified number, as 60%, of the total: required to pass certain types of legislation, override vetos, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of supermajority

super- + majority

Example Sentences

The supermajority then scolded lower courts for failing to anticipate that Humphrey’s Executor had, for all practical purposes, been silently overruled.

From Slate

The deal would require Ukrainian constitutional changes and a supermajority in parliament to gain validity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Today, polls consistently show a supermajority, often exceeding 60% to 70%, who identify exclusively as Taiwanese.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Mississippi, Democrats picked up a couple of state Senate seats, breaking a GOP supermajority.

From The Wall Street Journal

Current polling, notoriously imprecise in Argentina, shows the Peronists winning 64% of Parliament’s Lower House, a whisker away from the two-thirds supermajority, says Matt Gertken, geopolitical strategist at BCA Research.

From Barron's