单词 | psephology |
释义 | psephology From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Votingpsephologypse‧phol‧o‧gy /seˈfɒlədʒi $ siːˈfɑː-/ noun [uncountable] British English technicalPPVthe study of how people vote in elections —psephologist noun [countable]Examples from the Corpuspsephology• The introduction of psephology encouraged the growth of opinion polls as a guide to voting trends.• The fear this must engender day-in, day-out is more important than the minutiae of psephology.Origin psephology (1900-2000) Greek psephos “small stone, vote”; because the ancient Greeks used small stones for voting |
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