incumbency
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7.4
- noun
- /ɪnˈkʌmbənsi/
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incumbencia
- The senator's incumbency lasted for ten years, during which he made significant changes to local policies.
- advantage of incumbency
- incumbency status
- Peronist incumbency
Examples
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In 2020, Clinton could run for re-election with the advantages of incumbency and another demographic boost.
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Eric McGhee suggests the other factors were incumbency and an "inefficient" concentration of Democrats in urban areas.
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Few, of course, are willing to go that far in testing the advantage of incumbency.
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But there was and remains more at stake than incumbency and the relative influence of the New York Times and Time.
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I think that the power of incumbency is much stronger than Americans would like to admit.
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So, there may be some split-ticketers, and incumbency has its advantages.
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Going into the election, President Megawati had all the advantages of incumbency, but the outcome reflected broad disappointment in her leadership.
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Even the deregulatory philosophy and executive orders during President Reagan's incumbency did not substantially slow this trend.
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Despite the clear growth of their office, successive vice presidents continue to suffer through unhappy incumbencies.
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Justice Breyer's approach would thus enable elected politicians to protect their own incumbencies under a cloak of promoting equal access to public deliberation.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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5.6
The period someone holds a job or position
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3.7
A fixed time when a person holds an official job
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
incumbency = incumbent (transparent) = incumb + ency
Derived from the adjective 'incumbent' by regular nominalization (replacement of -ent with -ency), so learners who know 'incumbent' can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Incumbency comes from Latin parts in- meaning 'on' and cumbere meaning 'to lie', so it gives the picture of a duty that 'lies on' a person. So, incumbency is the time when that duty or office 'lies on' someone, meaning the period they hold the job.