parliamentarianism
- noun
- /ˌpɑːrləˈmɛnˌtɛəriənɪzəm/
:
defensa del parlamentarismo
- In debates about governance, she often advocates for parliamentarianism over more autocratic forms of rule.
Examples
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The professor argued that parliamentarianism fosters greater accountability in government than absolute monarchy.
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Many citizens believe that parliamentarianism is essential for protecting their rights and freedoms.
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Hence, the rapid emergence of political parties and institutionalized parliamentarianism suggests that one can be cautiously optimistic about the first type of liberal democratic stability in Hungary, regardless of the distributional impact of whatever economic package is chosen.
Academic text (1991)
Surface Forms
Morphology
parliamentarianism = parliamentarian (transparent) = parliament + arian + ism
The sense of 'support for or advocacy of a parliamentary system' follows directly from 'parliament' + '-arian' (supporter/relating to) and '-ism' (doctrine/support), so the derivation is straightforward.
Etymology
Parliamentarianism comes from parliament ('to speak') plus the endings -arian meaning 'a supporter' and -ism meaning 'a belief or system'. That's why parliamentarianism can mean support for rule by a parliament instead of rule by a king.
