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electoralism

noun

Etymology

From electoral + -ism. First used in the transitional sense by Terry Karl, professor of political science at Stanford University.

  1. derived from *leǵ-✻ — “to collect, gather”
  2. derived from *legō✻ — “to gather, collect”
  3. derived from ēligere — “to elect”
  4. derived from ēlēctor — “chooser, selector; voter, elector”
  5. inherited from electour — “one with a right to vote in electing some office, elector”
  6. formed as electoral — “elector + -al”
  7. suffixed as electoralism — “electoral + ism”

Definitions

  1. A state of partial transition from authoritarian rule toward democratic rule, in which…

    A state of partial transition from authoritarian rule toward democratic rule, in which the regime conducts the electoral aspects of democratic governance in a relatively free and fair manner.

  2. The strategy of electing politicians into a representative government in order to create…

    The strategy of electing politicians into a representative government in order to create political change.

    • Indeed, in 1986 the movement had already suffered a split with the southern traditionalists who opposed the twin policy of electoralism and violence. Ruair O Brdaigh became the leader of the breakaway Republican Sinn Fin […]

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