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plebiscite

noun

1 plebiscite

A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance.

Roget 480: result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, ergotism [Med.]; illation; corollary, porism; moral.    estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication; ... show more

Roget 737b: politics; political science; candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering; partisanship, ideology, factionalism.    election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, ... show more

Roget 741: command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod.    despatch, ... show more

Roget 963: legality; legitimacy, legitimateness.    legislature; law, code, corpus juris [Lat.], constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule; canon ... show more

Dutch: plebisciet, plesbisciet, referendum, volksraadpleging, volksreferendum, volksstemming
Polish: plebiscyt


Moby thesaurus: Australian ballot, Hare system, 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, indirect initiative ... show more.

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