Quite a few British people were really cut up about the results of the plebiscite, but those who had not bothered to vote had only themselves to blame.
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Plebiscite
//ˈplɛbɪsaɪt//
Synonyms for "plebiscite" (65 found)
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Related words (32)
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45 translations across 35 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- plebiscitu noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پرسیاری مللی noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 公投 noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
- 公民投票 noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Czech
1 entries- plebiscit noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Danish
1 entries- folkeafstemning noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Dutch
2 entries- plebisciet noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
- referendum noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Faroese
1 entries- fólkaatkvøða noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Finnish
2 entries- kansan mielipide noun (expression of the public’s views on an issue, whether legally binding or not)
- kansanäänestys noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
French
1 entries- plébiscite noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Georgian
1 entries- პლებისციტი noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
German
2 entries- Plebiszit noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
- Volksabstimmung noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Greek
1 entries- δημοψήφισμα noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Hebrew
1 entries- משאל עם noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Hindi
2 entries- जनमत-संग्रह noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
- जनमतसंग्रह noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Icelandic
2 entries- þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
- þjóðaratkvæði noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Indonesian
1 entries- plebisit noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Irish
1 entries- pobalbhreith noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Italian
1 entries- plebiscito noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Japanese
1 entries- 国民投票 noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Kapampangan
1 entries- plebisitu noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Korean
1 entries- 국민투표 noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Lao
1 entries- ປະຊາມະຕິ noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Macedonian
3 entries- пле́бисцит noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
- рефере́ндум noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
- ја́вно ми́слење noun (expression of the public’s views on an issue, whether legally binding or not)
Malay
1 entries- plebisit noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Northern Sami
1 entries- álbmotjienasteapmi noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Persian
1 entries- نظرخواهی noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Polish
2 entries- plebiscyt noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
- plebiscyt noun (expression of the public’s views on an issue, whether legally binding or not)
Portuguese
1 entries- plebiscito noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Romanian
1 entries- plebiscit noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Russian
2 entries- плебисци́т noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
- рефере́ндум noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Spanish
1 entries- plebiscito noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Swedish
1 entries- folkomröstning noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Tagalog
1 entries- plebisito noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Thai
1 entries- ประชามติ noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Turkish
1 entries- reyiâm noun (direct popular vote on an issue of public importance — see also referendum)
Sample sentences
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Remember to vote in the upcoming plebiscite.
Source: tatoeba (13233151)
A plebiscite or referendum is a direct popular vote on an issue.
Source: tatoeba (13233156)
A political result, we may also say aim, of the frumentarian plebiscite of Gaius was to disattach the city populace from its conservative moorings and to enlist it in the service of reform.
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