countermajoritarian
nounEtymology From counter- + majority + -arian.
1
One who opposes the dominance of the majority over the minority.
- Antonyms
- majoritarian
- Related terms
- minoritarian
countermajoritarian
adjEtymology From counter- + majority + -arian.
1
Opposing the dominance of the majority over the minority.
- “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.2020, Kalvis Golde, “House Democrats to introduce new bill for Supreme Court term limits”, in SCOTUSblog:
- Antonyms
- majoritarian
- Derived terms
- countermajoritarianism
- Related terms
- minoritarian