bicameral
adjective
having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
bicameralism
-
a word derived from
bicameral.
Example Sentences
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It builds and fortifies institutions that require political actors to reason, argue and compromise with one another—checks and balances, federalism, bicameralism and so on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
As a result, Virginia’s delegates proposed a plan that called for bicameralism, or the division of legislators into two separate assemblies.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
To be sure, the demands of bicameralism and presentment are real and the process can be protracted.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2018
The Framers and most other Americans knew the British system of bicameralism quite well.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
With bicameralism, said the committee chairman who recommended it, "the people will have a wide representation, and it will be difficult for the government to buy up the legislature."
From Time Magazine Archive
