countermajoritarian
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editcounter- + majority + -arian
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editcountermajoritarian (comparative more countermajoritarian, superlative most countermajoritarian)
- Opposing the dominance of the majority over the minority.
- 2020, Kalvis Golde, “House Democrats to introduce new bill for Supreme Court term limits”, in SCOTUSblog:
- “Regular appointments can reduce the contentiousness of nominations and result in a bench that’s still independent and countermajoritarian,” [Gabe] Roth [of Fix the Court] said.
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editopposingthe dominance of the majority over the minority
Noun
editcountermajoritarian (plural countermajoritarians)
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editone who opposes the dominance of the majority over the minority