psephological
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9.9
- adjective
- /siːfəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Formal
- Many political scientists focus on psephological trends to predict the outcomes of upcoming votes.
Examples
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By the time of the Wieters Affair, Silver had departed Baseball Prospectus for psephological godhood, ultimately leaving his proprietary model behind in the hands of a friendly skeptic, Colin Wyers, who was hired by BPro.
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Here's one for the psephological experts.
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The researchers conducted a psephological analysis to understand voter preferences in the recent election.
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The study provided a psephological overview of the last decade's electoral shifts in urban areas.
How Statistical
- Formal
1
9.9
- Specialized
131
4.1
42
5.9
55
5.1
31
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
psephological = psephology (transparent) = psephology + ical
Formed from the noun 'psephology' by the regular adjectival suffix '-ical', so the adjective directly means 'relating to psephology'.
Etymology
Psephological comes from the Greek psephos, meaning 'pebble', because people once voted by dropping small stones. So psephological describes the study of elections and how people vote.