psephology
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- noun
- /sɪˈfɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
- Many universities offer courses in psephology to help students analyze voting behaviors.
Examples
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But the world of baseball research, like the world of political psephology, does have its cranky internet termites.
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Today, his campaign is most likely staffed with those operating flawlessly on the conventional models of psephology that do not incorporate the data of NJ, VA, Scott Brown, 2010, or the Tea Party.
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The study of psephology helps us predict election outcomes based on statistical data.
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Experts in psephology gather data to understand patterns in voter turnout.
How Statistical
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
psephology = psepho + logy
The suffix '-logy' suggests 'study of', but the combining form 'psepho-' is obscure for most learners, so the word's meaning is not predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Psephology comes from the Greek psephos, meaning 'pebble', and the ending -logy, meaning 'study' and seen in words like biology. Long ago people voted by dropping pebbles, so psephology is the 'study' of voting and elections today.