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parliamentarianism

[ pahr-luh-men-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -muhn-or, sometimes, pahrl-yuh- ]

noun

  1. advocacy of a parliamentary system of government.


parliamentarianism

/ ˌpɑːləˈmɛntəˌrɪzəm; ˌpɑːləmɛnˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. the system of parliamentary government


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Word History and Origins

Origin of parliamentarianism1

First recorded in 1875–80; parliamentarian + -ism

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Example Sentences

We have at last established Parliamentarianism: no one wanted it.

Parliamentarianism was dying on its legs and constitutionalism appeared to have received its death-blow.

But thirteen years have sufficed to bog the German movement in the swamps of Parliamentarianism.

It was the first definite challenge since the Union to the theory of Parliamentarianism.

In days to come the nineteenth century will be quoted as having witnessed the failure of parliamentarianism.

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