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sortition

Syllables: sor·ti·tionUK/sɔːˈtɪ.ʃən/US/sɔɹˈtɪ.ʃən/

sortition noun: selection by drawing lots.

Noun

sortition (countable and uncountable, plural sortitions)

  1. Selection by drawing lots.
    • Demarchy — also called sortition — is a form of governance that selects the representatives of the people as a random sample from a pool of candidates.2018 April 6, Antony P. Mueller, “Forget Electoral Democracy — Give “Demarchy” a Chance”, in Mises Institute

sortition meaning in Tamil

sortition in Tamil

திருவுளச் சீட்டுக் குலுக்கல்

Forms of sortition

pluralsortitions

Origin of sortition

From Latin sortītiō.

Questions about sortition

What does sortition mean?
Sortition means selection by drawing lots.
What is sortition in Tamil?
Sortition in Tamil is திருவுளச் சீட்டுக் குலுக்கல். See Sortition meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sortition?
Sortition is a noun.
How do you pronounce sortition?
Sortition is pronounced /sɔːˈtɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of sortition?
The plural of sortition is sortitions.

Words near sortition in the dictionary

  1. sorting through
  2. sortings
  3. Sortino
  4. Sortinos
  5. sortita
  6. sortition
  7. sortitioned
  8. sortitions
  9. sortitive
  10. sortkey
  11. sortkeys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sortition (page history and authors); sortition (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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