plebiscite

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noun

Plural noun:

plebiscites

1.
(law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.
Đồng nghĩa: referendum
2.
(broadly)(by extension) An expression of the public's views on an issue, whether legally binding or not.
3.
(Ancient Rome, historical)Synonym of plebiscitum (“a law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate”).
Đồng nghĩa: plebiscitum

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Đồng nghĩa

referendum plebiscitum

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ine-pro politics (“referendum”) is borrowed from French plébiscite, from Latin plēbiscītum, plēbis scītum, plēbī scītum (law of the common people or plebs), from plēbis (the genitive singular of plēbs (common people, plebeians)) + scītum (decree, ordinance, statute).