parliamentarianism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of parliamentarianism
First recorded in 1875–80; parliamentarian + -ism
Example Sentences
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I want my country to benefit later by more just electoral laws, by true parliamentarianism and real democracy.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a correspondent authoritatively reported that Macaulay "told us a great deal about 19th century parliamentarianism in his studies of medieval England," learned readers replied that Macaulay never wrote about medieval England.
From Time Magazine Archive
Implicit in De Gaulle's tribute to the British version of parliamentarianism was his longstanding contempt for the system as it is practiced in France.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Assembly achieved an ingenious new direction in creative parliamentarianism: the elective nonvote.
From Time Magazine Archive
In days to come the nineteenth century will be quoted as having witnessed the failure of parliamentarianism.
From The Conquest of Bread by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin, Prince
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