psephologistn.

Brit.

/sᵻˈfɒlədʒɪst/,

/siːˈfɒlədʒɪst/,

/sɛˈfɒlədʒɪst/, U.S.

/siˈfɑlədʒəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psepho- comb. form, -logist comb. form.

Etymology: < psepho- comb. form + -logist comb. form, after psephology n. (see quot. 1952).The passage quoted in quot. 1952 continues as follows: 1952 N.Y. Herald Tribune 8 Aug. (Late City ed.) 12/3 ‘Actually,’ Dr. Butler explained today, ‘the word was coined purely in jest. I was helping out in some statistical matters in the preparation of a book on the 1945 general elections in Britain that was written by R. B. McCallum. I became so fascinated on the subject of elections I decided to specialize in it. So he suggested I call myself a psephologist.’

A political scientist who specializes in the study of elections; an analyst or forecaster of voting statistics and trends.

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > study of > one who

psephologist1952

1952 N.Y. Herald Tribune 8 Aug. (Late City ed.) 12/3 Cornell University has a visiting British psephologist on the summer school faculty this year... He is Dr. David Butler, of Oxford University, and is the first psephologist to teach at Cornell. As a matter of fact, he's the first psephologist.

1958 Times 6 Nov. 6/5 The psephologists at Central Office and Transport House will be..ready to read into the results of Chichester, and all the other by-elections pending, sinister or cheering evidence.

1964 Time 4 Nov. 3 By 9 p.m., when Vermont had plopped into the Democratic column and television's psephologists flatly declared Johnson the winner, the answer became obvious: very, very, big.

1977 Time 21 Nov. 28/2 Psephologists will be sorting out the particulars for months to come, but one trend was clear in last week's off-year election returns: a solid vote for sanity.

2005 R. Mawrey Fraud at Elections 55 These two Wards showed an enormous swing to Labour. I am no psephologist and leave it to others to compute the figures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psephologist
释义	psephologistn. Brit. /sᵻˈfɒlədʒɪst/, /siːˈfɒlədʒɪst/, /sɛˈfɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /siˈfɑlədʒəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psepho- comb. form, -logist comb. form. Etymology: < psepho- comb. form + -logist comb. form, after psephology n. (see quot. 1952).The passage quoted in quot. 1952 continues as follows: 1952 N.Y. Herald Tribune 8 Aug. (Late City ed.) 12/3 ‘Actually,’ Dr. Butler explained today, ‘the word was coined purely in jest. I was helping out in some statistical matters in the preparation of a book on the 1945 general elections in Britain that was written by R. B. McCallum. I became so fascinated on the subject of elections I decided to specialize in it. So he suggested I call myself a psephologist.’ A political scientist who specializes in the study of elections; an analyst or forecaster of voting statistics and trends. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > study of > one who psephologist1952 1952 N.Y. Herald Tribune 8 Aug. (Late City ed.) 12/3 Cornell University has a visiting British psephologist on the summer school faculty this year... He is Dr. David Butler, of Oxford University, and is the first psephologist to teach at Cornell. As a matter of fact, he's the first psephologist. 1958 Times 6 Nov. 6/5 The psephologists at Central Office and Transport House will be..ready to read into the results of Chichester, and all the other by-elections pending, sinister or cheering evidence. 1964 Time 4 Nov. 3 By 9 p.m., when Vermont had plopped into the Democratic column and television's psephologists flatly declared Johnson the winner, the answer became obvious: very, very, big. 1977 Time 21 Nov. 28/2 Psephologists will be sorting out the particulars for months to come, but one trend was clear in last week's off-year election returns: a solid vote for sanity. 2005 R. Mawrey Fraud at Elections 55 These two Wards showed an enormous swing to Labour. I am no psephologist and leave it to others to compute the figures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1952
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