parliamentarianism

[ pahr-luh-men-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -muhn-or, sometimes, pahrl-yuh- ]

noun

1. advocacy of a parliamentary system of government.

parliamentarianism

/ ˌpɑːləmɛnˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm; ˌpɑːləˈmɛntəˌrɪzəm /

noun

1. the system of parliamentary government

Word History and Origins

Origin of parliamentarianism¹

First recorded in 1875–80; parliamentarian + -ism

Example Sentences

“Modi has a very authoritarian mindset. He doesn’t believe in democracy. He doesn’t believe in Parliamentarianism,” said Christophe Jaffrelot, who has written about Modi and the Hindu right.

From Seattle Times

Parliamentarianism, by contrast, provides a safety valve because the legislature has the ability to remove the executive, typically by simple majority vote.

From Washington Post

“What’s wrong with Germany becoming more like multiparty democracies in the Netherlands or Scandinavia?” asked Andreas Schulz, a researcher on the history of German parliamentarianism.

From The Guardian

The EU is undoubtedly bureaucratic, opaque and contemptuous of the parliamentarianism that you and I cherish.

From The Guardian

Photograph: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images Some fear it might be Turkey’s last election – before a dictatorship Cengiz Çandar, political analyst The reason for such worries is that Erdoğan has turned the ballot into a kind of referendum on his one-man drive to rewrite the country’s constitution, abolish parliamentarianism and install a powerful new executive presidency occupied by himself.

From The Guardian