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1. (n.) plebiscite
a direct vote of the qualified voters of a state in regard to some important public question.
2. plebiscite
the vote by which the people of a political unit determine autonomy or affiliation with another country.
Etymology: (1525–35; < F < L plēbīscītum decree of the plebs =plēbī (for plēbis, plēbēī gen. sing. of plēbs, plēbēsplebs ) +scītum resolution, decree, neut. ptp. of scīscere to enact, decree, orig., to seek to know, inchoative of scīre to know)
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1. (noun) plebiscite
a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
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1. (noun) plebiscite
a vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791
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