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parliamentarism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The system of government in which the executive branch is legitimised by parliament.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • 2016, Pasi Ihalainen, European Parliamentary Experiences from a Conceptual Historical Perspective, Pasi Ihalainen, Cornelia Ilie, Kari Palonen (editors), Parliament and Parliamentarism: A Comparative History of a European Concept, 22, The history part comprises six national or regional (combining the Low Countries and Scandinavia) case studies of discursive processes that have defined parliamentarisms in some formative historical periods.

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History

Etymology

From parliamentary + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: parlementarisme — parliamentary system of government
  • German: Parlamentarismus — parliamentary system of government
  • Greek: κοινοβουλευτισμός (koinovouleftismós) — parliamentary system of government
  • Interlingua: parlamentarismo — parliamentary system of government
  • Italian: parlamentarismo — parliamentary system of government
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parlamentarisme — parliamentary system of government
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: parlamentarisme — parliamentary system of government
  • Polish: parlamentaryzm — parliamentary system of government
  • Portuguese: parlamentarismo — parliamentary system of government
  • Slovak: parlamentarizmus — parliamentary system of government
  • Ukrainian: парламентаризм (parlamentaryzm) — parliamentary system of government
  • Yiddish: פּאַרלאַמענטאַריזם (parlamentarizm) — parliamentary system of government