psephology

Word family nounpsephitepsephologistpsephismpsephologyadjectivepsephiticpsephological

Related topics: Voting

pse·phol·o·gy /seˈfɒlədʒi $ siːˈfɑː-/ noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE technical

PPVthe study of how people vote in elections 选举学

—psephologist noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

psephology• The introduction of psephology encouraged the growth of opinion polls as a guide to voting trends.• The fear this must engender day-in, day-out is more important than the minutiae of psephology.

Origin psephology

(1900-2000) Greek psephos “small stone, vote”; because the ancient Greeks used small stones for voting

单词	psephology
释义	psephology Word family nounpsephitepsephologistpsephismpsephologyadjectivepsephiticpsephological Related topics: Voting pse·phol·o·gy /seˈfɒlədʒi $ siːˈfɑː-/ noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE technical PPVthe study of how people vote in elections 选举学 —psephologist noun [countableC] Examples from the Corpus psephology• The introduction of psephology encouraged the growth of opinion polls as a guide to voting trends.• The fear this must engender day-in, day-out is more important than the minutiae of psephology. Origin psephology (1900-2000) Greek psephos “small stone, vote”; because the ancient Greeks used small stones for voting
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