election
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭ-lĕk'shən
ipa: /ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /əˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Forms: form: elections
Etymology: From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“I pluck out, I choose”). Equivalent to elect + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: The parliamentary election(s) will be held in March.
text: How did you vote in (UK also: at) the last election?
text: That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.
ref: 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
glosses: A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
examples: text: The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.
glosses: The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
examples: text: W-4 election
glosses: An option that is selected.
examples: text: Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 20, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: To use men with much difference and election is good.
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Followers and Friends”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
text: The predestinative force of a free agent's own will in certain absolute acts, determinations, or elections, and in respect of which acts it is one either with the divine or the devilish will; and if the former, the conclusions to be drawn from God's goodness, faithfulness, and spiritual presence; these supply grounds of argument of a very different character […]
ref: 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on The Pilgrim's Progress:
glosses: Any conscious choice.
examples: text: [H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]
ref: 1684, John Bunyan, A Holy Life, the Beauty of Christianity: Or, An Exhortation to Christians to be Holy, London: […] B. W. for Benj[amin] Alsop, […], →OCLC, page 3:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
examples: text: The election hath obtained it.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 11:7:
glosses: Those who are elected.
Synonyms: topics: theology
religion
lifestyle
word: chosenness
Hyponyms: direct election
general election
indirect election
primary election
snap election
Derived terms: antielection
byelection
by-election
e-election
election campaign
electioneer
electioneering
electionless
electionlike
election night
electionspeak
election threshold
khaki election
midterm election
nonelection
postelection
pre-election
preelection
pseudoelection
pseudo-election
re-election
reelection
special election
subelection
sweat like a nigger on election day
unconditional election
unelection
wave election
Related terms: elect
electional
election of remedies
election theft
elective
elector
electoral
electorate
psephology