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electionless

electionless adjective: without elections.

Adjective

electionless (not comparable)

  1. Without elections.
    • Although the establishment is nominally in favor of elections, a continuation of an electionless status quo would suit much of it just fine.2014 December, Peter Gordon, “Hong Kong’s Political System Can Be Made to Work”, in Global Asia
    • There is a slew of treaties, organizations and agencies that form the scaffolding of the emerging global governance structure regulating and superintending everything from nuclear weapons to the fishing of halibut, and all of them embody electionless intergovernmentalism.2016 January 21, Leigh Phillips, “Electionless inter-governmentalism über alles”, in ROAR Magazine

Origin of electionless

From election + -less.

Questions about electionless

What does electionless mean?
Electionless means without elections.
What part of speech is electionless?
Electionless is an adjective.

Words near electionless in the dictionary

  1. electioneerer
  2. electioneerers
  3. electioneering
  4. electioneers
  5. electionitis
  6. electionless
  7. electionlike
  8. elections
  9. elections of remedies
  10. electionspeak
  11. elective

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