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Definition of "supermajority" [supermajority]

  • A specified majority of votes, such as 60 percent, required to approve a motion or pass legislation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "supermajority" in a sentence
  • "Heck, if Democrats can use reconciliation, the Republican 41-vote supermajority is meaningless!"
  • "It might be beneficial to change the rules regarding filibuster so that a simple majority rather than a supermajority is enough to break one … but eliminating it completely is definitely not a good idea and anyone who thinks it would be is not thinking about what this could very easily mean in the long run."
  • "The now-routine requirement that a supermajority is necessary is at variance with what the Constitution sets as a norm."
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