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Meaning of "psephological" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PSEPHOLOGICAL

psephological  [ˌsɛfəˈlɒdʒɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSEPHOLOGICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Psephological is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PSEPHOLOGICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Psephology

Psephology /sɨˈfɒlədʒi/ is a branch of political science which deals with the study and scientific analysis of elections. Psephology uses historical precinct voting data, public opinion polls, campaign finance information and similar statistical data. The term was coined in the United Kingdom in 1952 by the historian R. B. McCallum to describe the scientific analysis of past elections.

Definition of psephological in the English dictionary

The definition of psephological in the dictionary is of or relating to psephology.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSEPHOLOGICAL


archaeological
ˌɑːkɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
biological
ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
chronological
ˌkrɒnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
ecological
ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
genealogical
ˌdʒiːnɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
geological
ˌdʒiːəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
histological
ˌhɪstəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
hydrological
ˌhaɪdrəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
ideological
ˌaɪdɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
logical
ˈlɒdʒɪkəl
meteorological
ˌmiːtɪərəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
methodological
ˌmeθədəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
morphological
ˌmɔːfəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
neurological
ˌnjʊərəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
pathological
ˌpæθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
pharmacological
ˌfɑːməkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
physiological
ˌfɪzɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
psychological
ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
technological
ˌtɛknəˈlɒdʒɪkəl
theological
ˌθɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSEPHOLOGICAL

psellism
psellismus
psephism
psephite
psephitic
psephoanalyses
psephoanalysis
psephologically
psephologist
psephology
pseud
pseud.
pseudaesthesia
pseudarthroses
pseudarthrosis
pseudaxis
pseudepigraph

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSEPHOLOGICAL

anthropological
archeological
astrological
chemical
epidemiological
histopathological
illogical
immunological
liturgical
magical
metallurgical
microbiological
mineralogical
mythological
pedagogical
phraseological
radiological
surgical
topological
toxicological
zoological

Synonyms and antonyms of psephological in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «psephological» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PSEPHOLOGICAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

psephological
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

psephological
570 millions of speakers

English

psephological
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

psephological
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

psephological
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

psephological
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

psephological
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

psephological
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

psephological
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Psephological
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

psephological
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

psephological
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

psephological
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Psephological
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

psephological
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

psephological
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Psephological
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

psephological
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

psephological
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

psephological
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

psephological
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

psephological
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

psephological
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

psephological
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

psephological
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

psephological
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of psephological

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PSEPHOLOGICAL»

The term «psephological» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.063 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PSEPHOLOGICAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «psephological» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «psephological» 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 psephological

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSEPHOLOGICAL»

Discover the use of psephological in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to psephological and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
History and Computing II
What I should like to see is some greater co-operation between interested psephologists and archivists, designed to promote psephological research in some systematic rather than purely competitive and localised basis. This would involve a ...
Peter Denley, Stefan Fogelvik, Charles Harvey, 1989
2
Party Politics
Table 63 gives the figures expressed in psephological terms. TABLE 63 There was thus a psephological swing to Labour of 0-2 per cent, whereas what probably happened was that the Conservative vote dropped a little more in number, but a ...
Cambridge University Press, Jennings, 2003
3
Citizenship In Modern Britain
Psephological. health. warning! Psephology (the study of voting behaviour) has a long and interesting history. Studies in this field aim to provide explanations for voting behaviour that can be applied to the majority of citizens over a period of ...
Trevor Desmoyers-Davis, 2003
4
ESRC Data Archive Bulletin
... D.T. XlX/C Election and Campaign Studies 1 United Kingdom 2 Other Countries XIX/D Political Participation 3165 (A) Psephological Datasets, 1702- 1865: Guildford Poll Books, 1865 and 1866 / Crompton, F. 3035(2) Psephological Datasets, ...
‎1995
5
Race And British Electoral Politics
specialist race/politics and broader political participation questions, and b) bringing the consideration of ethnic minority electoral behaviour into greater focuswithin established psephological inquiry. Despite a numberof empirical ...
Shamit Saggar, 2004
6
Cameron and the Conservatives: The Transition to Coalition ...
To understand fully the psephological position of the Conservative Party under David Cameron, Denver first examines the electoral history of the party since it was last in power. He examines the greater importance of the party leader in an age ...
Timothy Heppell, 2012
7
Encyclopaedia of Primitive Tribes in India
Psephological Trends— A Sample Study of 1997 Elections After its constitution in 1963, the Phulbani N.A.C. for the first time went to the polls in the same year. Subsequent elections to it were held in 1968, 1973, 1978, 1984, 1992 and 1997.
P.K. Mohanty, 2003
8
Selling the War on Terror: Foreign Policy Discourses After 9/11
Who comprises this slippery psephological category? First, the category is a construction, an interpretation and a self-perception. It is a constructed category that was and remains in motion. It was, however, nonetheless the inspiration for the ...
Jack Holland, 2012
9
Talking Politics: A Wordbook
Many statements about what 'the people' believe, want, etc. are attempts to deceive or are examples of self-deception (see 8.14– 8.17). Tom Harrisson (1978 : p. 27) says of the late 1930s: Well, in those pre-psephological days the noise of the ...
A. W. Sparkes, 2006
10
The Contemporary History Handbook
The census has not caught up with the new boundaries, and so for data on the revised constituencies we have to rely on the psephological paratroops of the BBC and Independent Television News. Robert Waller's Almanac of British Politics ...
Brian Brivati, Julia Buxton, Anthony Seldon, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSEPHOLOGICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term psephological is used in the context of the following news items.
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Next Labour leader must visit Plymouth more often, says defeated …
... Sutton and Devonport seat at the General Election, says his party is facing a “psephological challenge” in wrestling back the South West after the Tories swept ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
2
Overcast Aruvikkara Still a Psephological Enigma
ARYANAD: A cursory glance at the eastern horizon of Aruvikkara, nestled in the lower reaches of the Western Ghats, these days, often brings into focus an ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
3
Justin Trudeau's openness plan reveals too much government …
In a bid to avoid becoming an afterthought in the wake of Tom Mulcair's psephological onslaught, Justin Trudeau has thrown down a thick tranche of ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
4
Labour needs an honest debate about Tony Blair
But Labour's problem is not just that it has a psephological mountain to climb. What makes its task especially difficult is that the party has not yet overcome its ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
5
Sunday Times clue writing contest
I'd have preferred quotes around “psephological” to the parentheses, and can't quite convince myself that “without an 's'” would be equated with “without one S” ... «The Sunday Times, May 15»
6
Psephological pseudoscience
The electoral polls were wrong, as every election watcher in the UK knows. But sometimes it takes an American to tell us just how wrong. Roger Pielke Jr ... «The Guardian, May 15»
7
New poll suggests SNP set for almost total haul of Scottish seats, 57 …
Using the poll data, the psephological website ScotlandVotes predicted Labour and the Liberal Democrats would win just one seat each with only Willie Bain for ... «Herald Scotland, Apr 15»
8
Are the Liberal Democrats on the point of extinction?
One psephological anecdote is that punters in Ross, Skye and Lochaber were asked if they would vote Lib Dem and many rolled their eyes and said no. «Herald Scotland, Mar 15»
9
Inside the Lib Dem campaign: party navigates perilous electoral …
The psephological sharks are circling as senior figures fear party will be lucky to hold 30-35 of the 57 seats it won in 2010. Nick Clegg canvassing his Sheffield ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
10
Priyanga Burford on Ukip: The First 100 Days
OK, its psephological improbability alone makes it fantasy rather than propaganda, but I can see pro-Ukip voices – the Express, for instance – making the case ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»

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