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

We have at last established Parliamentarianism: no one wanted it.

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Parliamentarianism was dying on its legs and constitutionalism appeared to have received its death-blow.

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But thirteen years have sufficed to bog the German movement in the swamps of Parliamentarianism.

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It was the first definite challenge since the Union to the theory of Parliamentarianism.

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In days to come the nineteenth century will be quoted as having witnessed the failure of parliamentarianism.

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