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contractarianism

contractarianism noun: the political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election).

Noun

contractarianism (uncountable)

  1. The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election)

Origin of contractarianism

From contractarian + -ism.

Questions about contractarianism

What does contractarianism mean?
Contractarianism means the political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election).
What part of speech is contractarianism?
Contractarianism is a noun.

Words near contractarianism in the dictionary

  1. contractable
  2. contractably
  3. contractant
  4. contractants
  5. contractarian
  6. contractarianism
  7. contractarians
  8. contractation
  9. contracted
  10. contracted out
  11. contracted out of

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