countermajoritarian
adjEtymology
From counter- + majority + -arian.
Definitions
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.
One who opposes the dominance of the majority over the minority.
The neighborhood
- antonymmajoritarian
- neighborminoritarian
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA