英语词汇“sortition”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Recent Examples on the Web Private property first appeared as a concept in sacred contexts, as did police functions and a whole panoply of formal democratic procedures, such as election and sortition.

David Graeber, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021 This sortition system would give you a more accurate, representative sample of what the public actually wants than a system of universal compulsory voting.

Danielle Allen, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020 The ancient Athenian choice of sortition—the selection of government by lottery—was based on the understanding that elections would inevitably favor the aristocracy, and in a democracy the government should be a mirror of the governed.

Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 July 2019 My book is a plea to enrich the current electoral model of representative democracy with an element of sortition: the use of random samples of everyday citizens who deliberate and make informed policy proposals.

New York Times, 4 May 2018

Word History

Etymology

Latin sortition-, sortitio, from sortiri to cast or draw lots, from sort-, sors lot

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined above

单词	sortition
释义	sortition noun sor·ti·tion sȯr-ˈti-shən : the act or an instance of casting lots Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Private property first appeared as a concept in sacred contexts, as did police functions and a whole panoply of formal democratic procedures, such as election and sortition. David Graeber, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021 This sortition system would give you a more accurate, representative sample of what the public actually wants than a system of universal compulsory voting. Danielle Allen, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020 The ancient Athenian choice of sortition—the selection of government by lottery—was based on the understanding that elections would inevitably favor the aristocracy, and in a democracy the government should be a mirror of the governed. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 July 2019 My book is a plea to enrich the current electoral model of representative democracy with an element of sortition: the use of random samples of everyday citizens who deliberate and make informed policy proposals. New York Times, 4 May 2018 Word History Etymology Latin sortition-, sortitio, from sortiri to cast or draw lots, from sort-, sors lot First Known Use 1597, in the meaning defined above
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sortition

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