psephologist
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- noun
- /siːˈfɒlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
- During the election season, the psephologist provided insights on voter trends and demographics.
Examples
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A psephologist analyzes voting behavior to predict the outcomes of elections.
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Nate Silver is best known as a statistician and election analyst (psephologist) who correctly predicted the winner in 49 of the 50 states during the 2008 presidential race and the winner in all 50 states a dozen days ago.
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I can play the psephologist, too.
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So this is probably the first love song ever written to a psephologist (look it up, I had to!), but I certainly don't think it will be the last!
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In consequence, none of these psephologists has reflected adequately on the significance of the emergence of the Tea Party Movement, on the meaning of Scott Brown.
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Many psephologists use statistical methods to study election results and patterns in voter turnout.
Synonyms
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A person who studies government and how people and groups make decisions about power
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
psephologist = psephology (semi-transparent) = pseph + log + ist
The formation from 'psephology' + '-ist' is a regular agentive derivation meaning 'a person who studies psephology'.
Etymology
The word psephologist comes from the Greek word psephos meaning 'pebble' because people long ago used small stones to vote, and the part -logist means 'one who studies', like in biologist. So, a psephologist is an expert who studies elections and voting patterns.