supermajority

noun

Save Word

su·per·ma·jor·i·ty | \ ˈsü-pər-mə-ˌjȯr-ə-tē

, -ˌjär- \

plural supermajorities

Definition of supermajority

: a majority (such as two-thirds or three-fifths) that is greater than a simple majority treaty ratification requires a supermajority Furthermore, it is about even money that soon after Congress convenes in January it will … approve a constitutional amendment to require supermajorities (three-fifths) in both houses of Congress to approve deficit spending.— George F. Will The company, for instance, has a supermajority clause in its articles of incorporation; 80% of the shareholders must approve any sale or merger.— Joshua Hyatt

Examples of supermajority in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On the other hand, Republicans have a supermajority in the Ohio General Assembly, and many of the lawmakers are ultraconservatives. — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 5 Apr. 2022 The latest example comes from Hungary, where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just won a two-thirds supermajority in Parliament. — John Fund, National Review, 5 Apr. 2022 Republicans have a supermajority in both chambers this year. — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2022 Meanwhile, their mother, Caroline Collingwood (Harriet Walter), has taken a break from her wedding festivities to redirect her shares to Logan, giving him a supermajority. — Hunter Harris, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2021 His party gained 97 seats in the House, giving the Democrats a supermajority, and 11 in the Senate, handing them control of the upper chamber of Congress for the first time since 1918. — Damon Linker, The Week, 1 Oct. 2021 America's highest court, for decades resting on a 5-4 conservative-liberal axis, with swing-vote justices often providing moderation, suddenly became controlled by a 6-3 conservative supermajority. — Joan Biskupic, CNN, 18 Sep. 2021 When Barack Obama swept the 2008 elections, his long coattails helped flip eight Republican Senate seats to the Democrats, giving the Obama-Biden presidency the Senate’s most progressive supermajority since FDR. — Mike Solon, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2020 The Alabama Legislature is ruled by a GOP supermajority. — John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 12 Apr. 2022 See More

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'supermajority.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.