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Plebiscite
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What's The Definition Of Plebiscite?
[n] a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
Synonyms | Synonyms for Plebiscite: Related Terms | Find terms related to Plebiscite: Australian ballot | aye | ballot | canvass | canvassing | casting vote | constitutional referendum | counting heads | cumulative voting | deciding vote | direct initiative | division | enfranchisement | facultative referendum | fagot vote | franchise | graveyard vote | hand vote | Hare system | indirect initiative | initiative | list system | mandate | mandatory referendum | nay | no | nontransferable vote | plebiscitum | plumper | plural vote | poll | polling | preferential voting | proportional representation | proxy | recall | record vote | referendum | representation | right to vote | rising vote | say | secret ballot | show of hands | single vote | snap vote | statutory referendum | straw vote | suffrage | transferable vote | viva voce | voice | voice vote | vote | voting | voting right | write-in | write-in vote | yea | yeas and nays | yes See Also | vote Plebiscite In Webster's Dictionary \Pleb"i*scite\, n. [F. pl['e]biscite, fr. L.
plebiscitum.]
A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a
popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National
Constitution of 1791. [Written also {plebiscit}.]
Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from
the French. --Fitzed.
Hall.
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