electoral

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US /ɪˈlɛk.tɚ.əl/ UK /ɪˈlɛk.tə.ɹəl/
adj Freq #22176

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    relating to or composed of electors

    electoral college

  2. 2
    adj

    of or relating to elections

    electoral process

  3. 3
    adj

    Of, or relating to elections.

    Even in Austria, a largely uneventful democracy, the far right Freedom Party has achieved startling electoral success on the strength of its ability to play up people’s suspicions and anger that "everything is rigged" and that the system is weighted to discount the popular will.

  4. 4
    adj

    Relating to or composed of electors.

Etymology

From elector + -al.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
electorial
Word family
Derived forms electoralismelectoralistelectorallynonelectoralpostelectoral

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