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sortitions

sortitions is the plural of sortition.

Meaning of sortition

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

Questions about sortitions

What is sortitions the plural of?
Sortitions is the plural of sortition.

Words near sortitions in the dictionary

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

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