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   plebiscite

   /ˈplɛbɪsɪt/

   noun

   • 1. the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution: "the administration will hold a plebiscite for the approval of constitutional reforms"
   • ▪ a law enacted by the plebeians' assembly.

   Word Origin 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.

   Derivatives

   • 1. plebiscitary adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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