comitology
UK/ˌkɒm.ɪˈtɒl.ə.dʒi//ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
comitology noun: the system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.
Noun
comitology (countable and uncountable, plural comitologies)
- The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.
- The study of how committees could work, expand, and ramify.
comitology meaning in Tamil
comitology in Tamil
- கடப்பாட்டியல்
Forms of comitology
| plural | comitologies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | commitology |
Origin of comitology
From committee + -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays published in The Economist.
Words formed from comitology
Questions about comitology
- What does comitology mean?
- Comitology means the system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.
- What is comitology in Tamil?
- Comitology in Tamil is கடப்பாட்டியல். See Comitology meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is comitology?
- Comitology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce comitology?
- Comitology is pronounced /ˌkɒm.ɪˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of comitology?
- The plural of comitology is comitologies.
Words near comitology in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: comitology (page history and authors); comitology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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