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Word: Plebiscite
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (referring to Roman history): from French plébiscite, from Latin plebiscitum, from plebs, pleb- ‘the common people’ + scitum ‘decree’ (from sciscere ‘vote for’). The sense ‘direct vote of the whole electorate’ dates from the mid 19th century
ˈplɛbɪsɪt
ˈplɛbɪsʌɪt
the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution
Short Definition:direct vote of all members of electorate on important public question
Examples:- the administration will hold a plebiscite for the approval of constitutional reforms
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