pseudoelection
pseudoelection noun: a sham election; an election organized without any significant political choice or real impact on the results, often held in dictatorial regimes to feign the appearance of public legitimacy.
Noun
pseudoelection (plural pseudoelections)
- A sham election; an election organized without any significant political choice or real impact on the results, often held in dictatorial regimes to feign the appearance of public legitimacy.
- As Wiseman notes, many observers saw Jammeh's maneuvers as a test run for the plans of Nigerian military dictator Sani Abacha to legitimize his own dictatorship through a pseudoelection.1999, “Introduction”, in Larry Jay Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, editors, Democratization in Africa, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page xxii
Forms of pseudoelection
| plural | pseudoelections |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pseudo-election |
Origin of pseudoelection
From pseudo- + election.
Questions about pseudoelection
- What does pseudoelection mean?
- Pseudoelection means a sham election; an election organized without any significant political choice or real impact on the results, often held in dictatorial regimes to feign the appearance of public legitimacy.
- What part of speech is pseudoelection?
- Pseudoelection is a noun.
- What is the plural of pseudoelection?
- The plural of pseudoelection is pseudoelections.
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