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referendum
/ˌɹɛfɚˈɛndəm/
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What does referendum mean?
noun
- A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment.
- An action, choice, etc., which is perceived as passing judgment on another matter.
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On the other hand, the administration of an advanced law acts somewhat as a referendum.
Foreign ministers, says Sir William Temple, who was himself a foreign minister, elude matters taken ad referendum, by tampering with the provinces and cities.
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In a deliberate questioning of a suggested change of national policy, where internationality was to supersede nationality, we turned to a referendum, to the American people.
All this was in June; and before long the question was submitted to a referendum in the unions, and the decision was for a strike.
As a beginning, the Legislature had failed to submit an amendment; but as the initiative and referendum was the law in Oregon, the amendment was submitted through initiative patent.