antimajoritarian

English

Alternative forms

• anti-majoritarian

Etymology

anti- +‎ majoritarian

Adjective

antimajoritarian (not comparable)

1. (politics) Opposing majority rule
   • 2004, Ugo M. Amoretti, Nancy Gina Bermeo, Federalism and Territorial Cleavages‎^[1], →ISBN, page 10:

     Federalism itself is an antimajoritarian mechanism for, by devolving power to smaller constituencies, it places some policy issues beyond the reach of the center's majority.

Derived terms

• antimajoritarianism

Related terms

• majoritarian

Translations

opposing majority rule

• Georgian: ანტიმაჟორიტარული (anṭimažoriṭaruli)
• Portuguese: antimajoritário

Noun

antimajoritarian (plural antimajoritarians)

1. One who opposes majority rule.