"psephology" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /sɪ.ˈfɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ [UK], /sɪ.ˈfɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-psephology.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From psepho- (“pebble”) + -ology (“study of”), drawing on the various definitions of Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble used for reckoning; pebble used for casting a vote”). The sense relating to elections was coined in 1948 by Frank Hardie. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|psepho-|-ology|t1=pebble|t2=study of}} psepho- (“pebble”) + -ology (“study of”), {{der|en|grc|ψῆφος||pebble used for reckoning; pebble used for casting a vote}} Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble used for reckoning; pebble used for casting a vote”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} psephology (uncountable)
  1. The predictive or statistical study of elections. Tags: uncountable Translations (the predictive or statistical study of elections): ဝရဏဗေဒ (wa.ra.na.beda.) (Burmese), psefologie (Dutch), bestudering van het kiezersgedrag (Dutch), vaalitutkimus (Finnish), psepologia (Finnish), pséphologie [feminine] (French), პსეფოლოგია (ṗsepologia) (Georgian), Psephologie [feminine] (German), psefologia [feminine] (Italian), انتخاباتپژوهی (entexâbât-pažuhi) (Persian), псефология (psefologija) [feminine] (Russian), psefología [feminine] (Spanish), วิทยาการเลือกตั้ง (wít-tá-yaa-gaan-lʉ̂ʉak-dtâng) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-psephology-en-noun-5W6~fS-i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'the predictive or statistical study of elections': 95 5
  2. An ancient Greek method of numerology, similar to gematria. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Democracy, Statistics
    Sense id: en-psephology-en-noun-uKC47AxU Disambiguation of Democracy: 42 58 Disambiguation of Statistics: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with psepho-, English terms suffixed with -ology Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with psepho-: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: psephological, psephologist Related terms: psephocracy

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