supermajority

[soo-per-muh-jawr-i-tee, -jor-]

noun, plural su·per·ma·jor·i·ties.

a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
a majority greater than a specified number, as 60%, of the total: required to pass certain types of legislation, override vetos, etc.

Origin of supermajority

super- + majority

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August 14, 2012
“Married people had a supermajority of political power at the time the [current tax] rules were enacted,” Kahng notes.
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February 6, 2012
But they fell three votes short of the supermajority required to send the package to Congress.
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March 6, 2011
But if the Republicans succeed in blocking the bill, they may end up electing a supermajority of Democrats in November.
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April 14, 2010