plebiscite
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plebi·scite (pleb′ə sīt′)
Related Forms:
- plebiscitary ple·bis′·ci·tar′y (plə bis′ə ter′ē) adjective
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Converse of object
- hold: A plebiscite held in 1969 resulted in the area becoming an Indonesian province.
Adjective modifier
- national: In return for this, the bureaucracy, from time to time, presents Stalin with the sanction of a national plebiscite.
Modifies a noun
- question: It was finally agreed to make Integration and Reunification, respectively, the plebiscite questions ( Chem-Langhëë and Njeuma 1980: 51-52 ).
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Nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses. Time was when their plebiscite elected generals, Heads of State, commanders of legions: but now they've pulled intheir horns, there's only twothingsthatconcernthem: bread and games.
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