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sortition
[ sawr-tish-uhn ]
noun
- the casting or drawing of lots.
sortition
/ sɔːˈtɪʃən /
noun
- the act of casting lots
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sortition1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sortition1
C16: from Latin sortitio, from sortiri to cast lots
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Example Sentences
Sortition rests on two rather unique properties of random sampling.
From The Daily Beast
And, second, we already use sortition to select an important deliberative body, the trial jury.
From The Daily Beast
First, sortition was the main system for choosing political officials in ancient Athens.
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Today, there are people who talk about using sortition more widely in our society.
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Gat is one of the founders of Equality-by-lot, a popular sortition blog.
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At what date was election by lot, or sortition, introduced for the archonship?
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The real effect of sortition was to equalize the chances of rich and poor without civil strife.
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