"pseudoelection" meaning in All languages combined

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        "2": "pseudo-",
        "3": "election"
      },
      "expansion": "pseudo- + election",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pseudo- + election.",
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    {
      "form": "pseudoelections",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
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        {
          "ref": "1999, “Introduction”, in Larry Jay Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, editors, Democratization in Africa, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, page xxii",
          "text": "As Wiseman notes, many observers saw Jammeh's maneuvers as a test run for the plans of Nigerian military dictator Sani Abacha to legitimize his own dictatorship through a pseudoelection.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A sham election; an election organized without any significant political choice or real impact on the results, often held in dictatorial regimes to feign the appearance of public legitimacy."
      ],
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        ],
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          "significant",
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          "political",
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        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "impact",
          "impact"
        ],
        [
          "dictatorial",
          "dictatorial"
        ],
        [
          "regime",
          "regime"
        ],
        [
          "feign",
          "feign"
        ],
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          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "legitimacy",
          "legitimacy"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) A sham election; an election organized without any significant political choice or real impact on the results, often held in dictatorial regimes to feign the appearance of public legitimacy."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "pseudoreferendum"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pseudo-election"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pseudoelection"
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        "2": "pseudo-",
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      "expansion": "pseudo- + election",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pseudo- + election.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "pseudoreferendum"
    }
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          "ref": "1999, “Introduction”, in Larry Jay Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, editors, Democratization in Africa, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, page xxii",
          "text": "As Wiseman notes, many observers saw Jammeh's maneuvers as a test run for the plans of Nigerian military dictator Sani Abacha to legitimize his own dictatorship through a pseudoelection.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A sham election; an election organized without any significant political choice or real impact on the results, often held in dictatorial regimes to feign the appearance of public legitimacy."
      ],
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        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
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          "sham",
          "sham"
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        ],
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          "significant",
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        ],
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          "choice",
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        ],
        [
          "impact",
          "impact"
        ],
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          "dictatorial",
          "dictatorial"
        ],
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          "regime",
          "regime"
        ],
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          "feign",
          "feign"
        ],
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          "public",
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        ],
        [
          "legitimacy",
          "legitimacy"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) A sham election; an election organized without any significant political choice or real impact on the results, often held in dictatorial regimes to feign the appearance of public legitimacy."
      ],
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        "politics"
      ]
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    {
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    }
  ],
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}