psephology
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Origin of psephology
First recorded in 1945–50; from Greek psêpho(s) “pebble” + -logy; so called from the Athenian custom of casting votes by means of pebbles
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The reasons for leaving the House of Commons are usually a mix of circumstance and psephology.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2024
Back in Oxford, Butler began developing the field of psephology.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022
Butler called his brainchild "psephology" - a play on the Greek word for pebble.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022
Ever since American psephology declared the dawn of electronic democracy in the 1990s, we thought flesh and blood politics was dead.
From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2013
Noses nudge knowingly from a page dealing with psephology.
From Time Magazine Archive
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