"comitology" meaning in All languages combined

See comitology on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkɒm.ɪˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-comitology.wav [US] Forms: comitologies [plural]
Etymology: From committee + -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays published in The Economist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|committee|ology}} committee + -ology Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} comitology (countable and uncountable, plural comitologies)
  1. (European Union) The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation. Tags: European-Union, countable, uncountable Categories (place): European Union Translations (art of resolving issues by committees): komitologie [feminine] (Czech), komitologi (Danish), comitologie (Dutch), komitologia (Finnish), comitologie [feminine] (French), Komitologie [feminine] (German), επιτροπολογία (epitropología) [feminine] (Greek), comitologia [feminine] (Italian), comitologia [feminine] (Portuguese), комитоло́гия f комиссоло́гия (Parkinson) [European-Union, feminine] (Russian), comitología [feminine] (Spanish), kommittéförfarande (Swedish), kommittésystem (Swedish), sometimes kommittébestämmelser (note: "kommittologi" should not be used, say Swedish government's translators) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-comitology-en-noun-Lfztlm8z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ology Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'art of resolving issues by committees': 76 24
  2. (humorous) The study of how committees could work, expand, and ramify. Tags: countable, humorous, uncountable
    Sense id: en-comitology-en-noun-vH0n50eh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: commitology [uncommon]

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