Unicameral

//juːniːˈkaməɹəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or having, a single legislative chamber. not-comparable

    "Those who criticize bicameralism stress that a unicameral legislature will be more efficient and faster in taking decisions."

  2. 2
    Of a script or typeface: making no distinction between upper and lower case, but rather having only one case. not-comparable

    "In the ancient world, Greek was written in a script that was unicameral and atonic. It consisted of a single set of forms – the ones we now regard as upper case. There was little or no punctuation, and there were no diacritics."

Adjective
  1. 1
    composed of one legislative body wordnet

Example

More examples

"Albania's political system is based on a parliamentary structure with a unicameral legislature known as the Assembly of Albania."

Etymology

From uni- + cameral.

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