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comitology

noun
/ˌkɒm.ɪˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/UK/ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/US

Etymology

From committee + -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays published in The Economist.

  1. derived from committere
  2. derived from commite
  3. suffixed as comitology — “committee + ology”

Definitions

  1. The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to…

    The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.

  2. The study of how committees could work, expand, and ramify.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA