English to Afrikaans Meaning of plebiscite - volkstemming

Plebiscite :

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noun

volkstemming

Plebiscite :: volkstemmingPlebiscites :: plebissiete

← Plebeian

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Definitions of plebiscite in English

Noun(1) a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance

Examples of plebiscite in English

(1) Following the Yalta agreement of 1945, Mongolians voted overwhelmingly for independence in a plebiscite , which the Republic of China recognized.(2) the administration will hold a plebiscite for the approval of constitutional reforms(3) If the public cannot have a clear understanding of what they are going to vote for, the plebiscite cannot have any meaning.(4) The leading business association even advocated a ├ö├ç├┐no├ö├ç├û vote in the 1999 plebiscite on the new constitution.(5) A national plebiscite on the constitution will be held before October 15.(6) There could be no question of a plebiscite on a constitution, after what had happened in Piedmont, and Napoleon was not one to waste time with constituent assemblies.(7) And if people thought the referendum could be used against him as a plebiscite on his government's record, they would be disappointed.(8) The vote can be defined as a plebiscite against the existing regime, which has discredited itself and is hated by broad sections of the population.(9) Councillors may turn the question over to the general public and use it as a plebiscite question during the next municipal election in the fall.(10) Under provincial legislation, a petition with enough signatures can force city council to put the question on a plebiscite .(11) Dionysius can cite a plebiscite of 492 protecting a tribune from interruption at a public meeting,(12) A 1990 plebiscite in Slovenia voted overwhelmingly for independence from Yugoslavia, as did one in 1991 in Croatia.(13) Although he once again urged people in Taiwan that, ├ö├ç├┐We must keep walking the right path and must not stop,├ö├ç├û he did not bring up the question of a plebiscite .(14) He called all Imams and preachers to direct and urge people to participate in the plebiscite on the permanent constitution and participate in the coming elections.(15) I don't know how many people notice this, but as we pile vote upon vote and plebiscite upon plebiscite we are wading very deep into the world of election politics.(16) In one case, Luxembourg, the inhabitants took advantage of a Nazi-organized plebiscite in 1941 to vote 97% against the occupation.

Synonyms

Noun

1. vote ::

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2. referendum ::

referendum

3. ballot ::

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4. poll ::

poll

Different Forms

plebiscite, plebiscites

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