plebiscite
noun
pleb·i·scite
ˈple-bə-ˌsīt 
-sət,
also -ˌsēt
: a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler
Examples of plebiscite in a Sentence
They are going to hold a plebiscite on the question of national independence.
The issue will be decided by plebiscite.
Recent Examples on the Web
This means that no such plebiscite can be lawful unless the British government in London agrees to it.
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Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2023
Building on her father’s signature initiative, the Varela Project, Payá has continued promoting the idea of conducting a vote called a plebiscite in Cuba that would potentially pave the way for democratic changes.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
Swiss voters backed a plan to raise pensions, the first time in the country’s history that social benefits got an increase via plebiscite.
—Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 3 Mar. 2024
One of the few on the right who voted against Pinochet in a 1988 plebiscite, Piñera helped mold a new right wing that focused more on economic liberalism than Catholic conservatism and authoritarianism.
—TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
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Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2023
Building on her father’s signature initiative, the Varela Project, Payá has continued promoting the idea of conducting a vote called a plebiscite in Cuba that would potentially pave the way for democratic changes.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
Swiss voters backed a plan to raise pensions, the first time in the country’s history that social benefits got an increase via plebiscite.
—Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 3 Mar. 2024
One of the few on the right who voted against Pinochet in a 1988 plebiscite, Piñera helped mold a new right wing that focused more on economic liberalism than Catholic conservatism and authoritarianism.
—TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
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plebiscite
noun
pleb·i·scite
ˈpleb-ə-ˌsīt
-sət
: a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler
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