How to pronounce “plebiscite”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.
• (by extension) An expression of the public's views on an issue, whether legally binding or not.
• (Ancient Rome, historical) Synonym of plebiscitum (“a law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate”).

Practice Nearby Words

referendum, ballot, vote, polling, poll, voting, consultation, landslide, referenda, referendums, placitum, public comment, local option, franchise, private member's bill, poll tax, deed poll, question of privilege, plea, member's bill, folkright, public law, suffrage, pledge, private notice question, opinion privilege, plea deal, policy, cloture, apportionment, petition, private bill, liberum veto, capitation, franchisement, polemoney, question of law, representation of the people act, right to choose, subpena, subpoena, legitim, impetration, issue, bill of rights, party verdict, pledgery, universal suffrage, lege, plea-bargain, ager publicus, frank-pledge, purveyancing, paviage, social contract, brief, frankpledge, probate, option, reservation, popular action, plevin, palko test, police power, provision, party, freedom of information, bye-law, pleading, petition of right, dead pledge, liber, blue slip, legislature, loss of supply, public credit, special resolution, brevet, public-private partnership, pedis possessio, public purse, privy, privilege, public domain, bargain, plight, pollicitation, public/private partnership, objection, publishment, confidence vote, pledgeship, burden of persuasion, non liquet, bar examination, public service, bylaw

Similar Sounds

plebiscite, plebiscites, placet, plumpest, parasite, plus size, playsuit, peep sight, placit, pallasite, plane seat, planeside