'Plebiscite' definitions:
Definition of 'plebiscite'
(from WordNet)
noun
A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
Definition of 'Plebiscite'
From: GCIDE
- Plebiscite \Pleb"i*scite\, n. [F. pl['e]biscite, fr. L. plebiscitum.] A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791. [Written also plebiscit.] [1913 Webster]
- Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French. --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plebiscite'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Australian ballot,
- aye,
- ballot,
- canvass,
- canvassing,
- casting vote,
- constitutional referendum,
- counting heads,
- cumulative voting,
- deciding vote,
- direct initiative,
- division,
- enfranchisement,
- facultative referendum,
- fagot vote,
- franchise,
- graveyard vote,
- hand vote,
- Hare system,
- indirect initiative,
- initiative,
- list system,
- mandate,
- mandatory referendum,
- nay,
- no,
- nontransferable vote,
- plebiscitum,
- plumper,
- plural vote,
- poll,
- polling,
- preferential voting,
- proportional representation,
- proxy,
- recall,
- record vote,
- referendum,
- representation,
- right to vote,
- rising vote,
- say,
- secret ballot,
- show of hands,
- single vote,
- snap vote,
- statutory referendum,
- straw vote,
- suffrage,
- transferable vote,
- viva voce,
- voice,
- voice vote,
- vote,
- voting,
- voting right,
- write-in,
- write-in vote,
- yea,
- yeas and nays,
- yes