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PRONUNCIATION OF ELECTIONEERING

electioneering  [ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELECTIONEERING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Electioneering is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ELECTIONEERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

electioneering

Political campaign

A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making process within a specific group. In democracies, political campaigns often refer to electoral campaigns, wherein representatives are chosen or referendums are decided. In modern politics, the most high profile political campaigns are focused on candidates for head of state or head of government, often a president or prime minister.

Definition of electioneering in the English dictionary

The definition of electioneering in the dictionary is political campaigning and trying to persuade people to vote for you.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELECTIONEERING


aspiring
əˈspaɪərɪŋ
bioengineering
ˌbaɪəʊˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
buccaneering
ˌbʌkəˈnɪərɪŋ
clearing
ˈklɪərɪŋ
domineering
ˌdɒmɪˈnɪərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
firing
ˈfaɪərɪŋ
gearing
ˈɡɪərɪŋ
geoengineering
ˌdʒiːəʊˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
inspiring
ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ
mountaineering
ˌmaʊntɪˈnɪərɪŋ
nonengineering
ˌnɒnˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
pioneering
ˌpaɪəˈnɪərɪŋ
ski-mountaineering
ˈskiːˌmaʊntɪˌnɪərɪŋ
sloganeering
ˌsləʊɡəˈnɪərɪŋ
sneering
ˈsnɪərɪŋ
steering
ˈstɪərɪŋ
veneering
vɪˈnɪərɪŋ
wiring
ˈwaɪərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELECTIONEERING

electable
elected
elected member
elected official
electee
election
election campaign
election night
electioneer
electioneerer
elections judge
elective
elective surgery
electively
elector
electoral
electoral boundaries
electoral college
electoral district
electoral map

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELECTIONEERING

bring
catering
civil engineering
considering
covering
electrical engineering
empowering
fingering
flowering
gathering
hovering
lowering
mechanical engineering
offering
ordering
recovering
rendering
suffering
wandering
watering
wondering

Synonyms and antonyms of electioneering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «electioneering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELECTIONEERING

Find out the translation of electioneering to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of electioneering from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «electioneering» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

竞选
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

electoralismo
570 millions of speakers

English

electioneering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चुनाव प्रचार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانتخابية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предвыборная кампания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

propaganda eleitoral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভোটভিক্ষা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

électorale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemilihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wahlkampf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

選挙運動
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

선거
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pemilu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

động bầu cử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேர்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निवडणूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

seçim propagandası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elettorale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kampanii wyborczej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

передвиборча кампанія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agitație electorală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψηφοθηρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verkiesingsdrankie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

electioneeringen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

electioneering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of electioneering

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELECTIONEERING»

The term «electioneering» is regularly used and occupies the 108.395 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELECTIONEERING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «electioneering» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «electioneering» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about electioneering

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELECTIONEERING»

Discover the use of electioneering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to electioneering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Global Electioneering: Campaign Consulting, Communications, ...
Global Electioneering explores American-style political consulting and its spread to countries throughout the world, emphasizing the roles of communication and technology.
Gerald Sussman, 2005
2
Elections and Electioneering in Rome: A Study in the ...
Study on the teachings of Om̐kāra Bābā, Hindu and sufi saint, from Koraput District in Orissa.
Alexander Yakobson, 1999
3
Electioneering: A Comparative Study of Continuity and Change
This comparative book illuminates the problem.
David Butler, Austin Ranney, 1992
4
Modern Presidential Electioneering: An Organizational and ...
Baumgartner analyzes the organization and operation of modern presidential campaigns by examining the personnel, resources, and activities of both party and candidate organizations throughout the process of presidential selection in the ...
Jody C. Baumgartner, 2000
5
A Short Guide to Electioneering: (?) Quintus Cicero's ...
An author, probably Quintus Cicero, gives advice to a candidate for the consulship at Rome in the 60s BC.
Quintus Tullius Cicero, D. W. Taylor, John Murrell, 1994
6
Electioneering in Japan in an Era of Institutional Change: ...
The Japanese style of election campaigning has long been seen as very distinctive and as dysfunctional for democratic accountability by Western political scientists and Japanese political participants alike.
Dyron Keith Dabney, 2009
7
Modern Constituency Electioneering: Local Campaigning in the ...
O'Leary (1962: 175) suggests that the effect of the Act was to 'transform the whole character of British electioneering within a generation' and Kavanagh (1970: 13) dates modern election campaigns from the passing of the Act. Probably of ...
David Denver, Gordon Hands, 2013
8
Letters to Quintus and Brutus ; Letter Fragments ; Letter to ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero David Roy Shackleton Bailey. HANDBOOK OF ELECTIONEERING EDITED BY D. R. SHACKLETON BAILEY TRANSLATION AND INTRODUCTION BY MARY ISOBEL HENDERSON PREFATORY NOTE An edition of the ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero, David Roy Shackleton Bailey, 2002
9
Contesting the County, and other tales. By an Electioneering ...
' What I say is, “ Keep your hands clean,” ' continued Joe; ' that's my motter, and I haven't seen any reason to alter it. ' If a man comes to me, and says, “Johnson, you've got fruit 'to sell. You're a market gardener, and I want to do a deal with you  ...
‎1868
10
Electioneering Up-to-date: With Some Suggestions for ...
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com.
Charles Roden Buxton, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELECTIONEERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term electioneering is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Myanmar allows candidates to begin campaigning for general …
Permission for electioneering has also been granted to candidates who are cabinet members, deputy ministers, and heads of other ... «Daijiworld.com, Jul 15»
2
KPCC to meet amidst differences
... project to the Adani group was opposed before the Aruvikkara election, but was not made public owing to the imperatives of electioneering. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
Inside the GOP's effort to close the campaign-science gap with …
For a small but significant share of the party's electioneering class, however, any true reckoning with 2012 invites a deeper epistemological ... «Crain's Chicago Business, Jul 15»
4
Relief as Rivers State commences payment of workers
recalled Wike had during his electioneering campaign assured civil servants, pensioners and other public servants in the state they would be ... «News24 Nigeria, Jul 15»
5
Glavin: In Canada, an embarrassing foreign policy debate
The histrionics over that lurid Conservative Party electioneering advertisement — the one that targeted Liberal leader Justin Trudeau against a ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
6
Big strides by Senate's big man
Senator Drilon hopes that in the few remaining months of the 16th Congress before the muck of electioneering takes over the attention of most ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
7
Summer vacation optics
The presidential hopefuls were electioneering and overnighting with their pal Mitt Romney, who has been vacationing here for quite a while. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
8
Talensi Referendum: 57% rejects Mahama, NDC
... the President team resorted to the disagreeable electioneering tactics of propaganda, intimidation, and psychological warfare in the attempt ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
9
Mbabazi Faces Arrest Over Planned Meeting - State House
In the meeting, Mr Museveni is said to have repeatedly asked Mr Mbabazi to explain what he referred to as his "early electioneering," observing ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
10
'Born-Again' Fani-Kayode
In spite of all the dirty hate propaganda Femi mounted against President Muhammadu Buhari's candidacy during the last electioneering ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Electioneering [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/electioneering>. Apr 2024 ».
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