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rotativism|ˈrəʊtətɪvɪz(ə)m, rəʊˈteɪt-| [f. rotative a. + -ism.] A system whereby different political parties hold office in turn according to a pre-arranged plan.
1908Sun (N.Y.) 3 Feb. 2/1 Each party held office by arrangement alternately. This arrangement was known as rotativism. 1921Edin. Rev. Jan. 158 The country must in effect sink back into the slough of ‘rotativism’. 1960W. C. Atkinson Hist. Spain & Portugal xiii. 313 The system in Portugal was known as rotativism. 1969I. Gilmour Body Politic i. i. 55 The party struggle was also a stage fight in Portugal, where the parties agreed under a system called rotativism to alternate in office. |