Parliamentarianism
//ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛəɹiənɪzəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Support for a parliamentary system of government. uncountable
"Between July and August 1863 Palmerston and Russell were obsessed by the notion that France would destroy Prussia if it came to blows, and that Bismarck and his King would be drowned by the rising tide of parliamentarianism."
Example
More examples"Between July and August 1863 Palmerston and Russell were obsessed by the notion that France would destroy Prussia if it came to blows, and that Bismarck and his King would be drowned by the rising tide of parliamentarianism."
Etymology
From parliamentarian + -ism.
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