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noun
The study of political parties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable
Topics: political-science, social-sciences
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noun
The process by which a governing body remains static or self-perpetuating due to internal conflict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Borrowed from French stasiologie, coined in 1951 by French jurist, sociologist and politician Maurice Duverger (1917–2014) from stase (“stasis”) + -iologie (“-ology, indicating the study of a particular subject”), because of the way the opposition of political parties tends to prevent governments from making dramatic changes.
