parliamentarism
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- noun
- /ˌpɑːrlɪˈmɛntəˌrɪzəm/
- Specialized
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parlamentarismo
- In a system of parliamentarism, the executive branch is directly accountable to the parliament.
Examples
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Even when the Parliament is polarized, therefore, the president is less likely to include ideologically distant parties in his cabinet than the prime minister is in parliamentarism.
Academic text (2013) -
There were also the predictable calls for (and conversions to) parliamentarism by forces who had been defeated in the presidential race and who wanted either to undercut Collor or to share in his power.
Academic text (1991) -
The difference now, of course, is that the president of the Republic supports parliamentarism.
Academic text (1991) -
Although parliamentarism may still prevail, the 1990 election results have made this scenario much less certain.
Academic text (1991) -
Finally, the reasons for the end of cabinets in presidentialism may be different from those in parliamentarism.
Academic text (2013) -
However, in the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, the future 'independent' state was defined as 'democratic,' based on constitutionalism, parliamentarism, and respect for civil rights.
Academic text (2002) -
Increasingly, these donor governments have been insisting on moves toward political pluralism and parliamentarism as conditions for the receipt of further financial aid.
Academic text (1993) -
Fernando Collor de Mello is both an open supporter of parliamentarism and the first president to be elected under the Constitution of 1988.
Academic text (1991) -
Of course, the emergence of strong leaders in the first type of parliamentarism is more plausible because the two-party nature of the political competition opens sufficient room for the "personalization" of competition.
Academic text (1994) -
Any prediction as to the final outcome of this debate—whether presidentialism or parliamentarism will prevail—can only be tentative.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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A system where parliament chooses and controls the government
A system where elected representatives make and run the government
Surface Forms
Morphology
parliamentarism = parliamentary (semi-transparent) = parliament + ary + ism
The word is built from the adjective 'parliamentary' plus '-ism', so the governing-system meaning is directly recoverable.
Etymology
The word parliamentarism comes from parliament, a word that once meant a meeting to 'speak' and decide, and the ending -ism which means a 'system' or way of doing things. So parliamentarism is the system where the parliament has the main power and the leaders are chosen by and must answer to that parliament.