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election
English
Etymology
From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ?lecti?n-, stem of ?lecti? (“choice, selection”), from ?lig? (“I pluck out, I choose”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?-l?k'sh?n, IPA(key): /??l?k?(?)n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??l?k?(?)n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
- Hyphenation: elect?ion
Noun
election (countable and uncountable, plural elections)
- A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
- The parliamentary election(s) will be held in March.
- How did you vote in (UK also: at) the last election?
- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
- The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.
- An option that is selected.
- (archaic) Any conscious choice.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Followers and Friends
- To use men with much difference and election is good.
- 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on The Pilgrim's Progress
- The predestinative force of a free agent's own will in certain absolute acts, determinations, or elections, and in respect of which acts it is one either with the divine or the devilish will; and if the former, the conclusions to be drawn from God's goodness, faithfulness, and spiritual presence; these supply grounds of argument of a very different character […]
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Followers and Friends
- (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
- (obsolete) Those who are elected.
- The election hath obtained it.
Synonyms
- (theology): chosenness
Hyponyms
- direct election
- general election
- indirect election
- primary election
- snap election
Derived terms
- by-election
- electioneer
- electioneering
- pre-election, preelection
Related terms
Translations
See also
- psephology
See also
- Election on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Predestination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Middle French
Noun
election f (plural elections)
- choice; selection (person, object that is selected)
- election (act or process of being elected to an office)
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evection
English
Noun
evection (countable and uncountable, plural evections)
- (astronomy) Modification of the lunar orbit due to the gravitational effects of the Sun.
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Anagrams
- civetone
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