qualified majority

English

Noun

qualified majority (plural qualified majorities)

1. (chiefly UK) A majority in a vote that reaches a preset threshold value significantly larger than 50%, such as ²⁄₃, often required instead of a simple majority for reaching a decision; particularly on important matters, such as modifying the bylaws of an association.

   Synonym: (chiefly US) supermajority

   Antonym: qualified minority

   three-fifths qualified majority

   two-thirds qualified majority

Translations

supermajority — see supermajority

Further reading

• “qualified majority”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “qualified majority” (US) / “qualified majority” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “qualified majority voting”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “qualified majority voting”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Qualified majority - Consilium, consilium.europa.eu
• EUR-Lex - qualified_majority - EN - EUR-Lex, ur-lex.europa.eu
• Are qualified majority rules special? | SpringerLink, 1984
• qualified majority, supermajority at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “qualified majority” under “qualified”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.