Look up: Plebiscite


  1. plebiscite
    [n] - a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=plebiscite

  2. plebiscite
    Referendum or direct vote by all the electors of a country or district on a specific question. Since the 18th century plebiscites have been employed on many occasions to decide to...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. plebiscite
    vote in which people decide on an important political question, also called a referendum
    Found op http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/greatwar/glossary/

  4. Plebiscite
    Pleb'i·scite noun [ French plébiscite , from Latin 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 .] ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/105

  5. plebiscite
    A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791. ... Alternative forms: plebiscit] 'Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French.' (Fitzed. Hall) ... Origin: F. Plebiscite, fr. L. Plebiscitum. ... ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?plebiscite

  6. plebiscite
    noun a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=plebiscite

  7. Plebiscite
    • (n.) A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/plebiscite/

  8. plebiscite
    a vote by the people of an entire country or district to decide on some issue, such as choice of a ruler or government, option for independence or ... [3 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/79

  9. plebiscite
    Another term for an advisory referendum.
    Found op http://polisci.nelson.com/glossary.html

  10. plebiscite
    plebiscite (pleb'isīt) [Lat.,=popular decree], vote of the people on a question submitted to them, as in a referendum. The term, however, has acquired the more specific meaning of a popular vote concerning changes of sovereignty, as compared to a regularized system of popular voting upon l...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0839355.html

  11. plebiscite
    Referendum or direct vote by all the electors of a country or district on a specific question. Since the 18th century plebiscites have been employed on many occasions to decide to what country a particular area should belong; for example, in Upper Silesia and elsewhere after World War I, and in the ...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0012858.html

  12. plebiscite
    A device of direct democracy whereby the electorate can pronounce, usually for or against, some measure put before it by a government. Also known as a referendum.
    Found op http://www.photius.com/countries/brazil/glossary/index.html

  13. plebiscite
    1) Vote
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/plebiscite/1

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