election
noun
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
self-election
-
a word derived from
election.
Example Sentences
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As a transcultural figure — Latin American-born but long a resident of the United States; Indigenous by self-election more than by birth — she has been hard to profile.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
You will hardly dare to refuse to any true poet the self-election of his materials.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
I have an aunt," he said, "by self-election, a most worthy woman, who was my mother's cousin.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman
I began to combat his views, and once sought the reason of his ardour and self-election to the post of teacher.
From Bye-Ways by Robert Smythe Hichens
