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41Elective franchise — Franchise Fran chise (? or ?; 277), n. [F., fr. franc, fem. franche, free. See {Frank}, a.] 1. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (LAw) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a… …
42Elective mutism — Complete lack of speech (mutism) that is believed to be volitional (willed) on the part of the patient. True elective mutism may be a reaction to a traumatic event, the aftermath of an injury to the mouth or throat, particularly if it is painful …
43Elective surgery — Surgery that is subject to choice (election). The choice may be made by the patient or doctor. For example, the time when a surgical procedure is performed may be elective. The procedure is beneficial to the patient but does not need be done at a …
44elective dictatorship — The late Conservative peer Lord Hailsham coined the phrase ‘elective dictatorship’ to express his anxiety about the growth in executive power. Speaking in 1976 in the Dimbleby Lecture, he claimed that a constitutional imbalance had been… …
45elective affinity — A term used by Max Weber to describe the relationship between Protestantism and capitalism (in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, 1905). It refers to the resonance or coherence between aspects of the teachings of Protestantism and …
46elective franchise — The right of voting at public elections. The privilege of qualified voters to cast their ballots for the candidates they favor at elections authorized by law as guaranteed by Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments to Constitution, and by federal… …
47elective franchise — The right of voting at public elections. The privilege of qualified voters to cast their ballots for the candidates they favor at elections authorized by law as guaranteed by Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments to Constitution, and by federal… …
48elective course — noun a course that the student can select from among alternatives • Syn: ↑elective • Hypernyms: ↑course, ↑course of study, ↑course of instruction, ↑class …
49elective — Synonyms and related words: academic specialty, adoptive, alternative, appointive, arbitrary, area, autonomous, choosing, choosy, classical education, constituent, core curriculum, course, course of study, curriculum, discipline, discretional,… …
50elective — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Pertaining to the right to choose by vote] Syn. constituent, voting, elected; see electoral . 2. [Subject to choice] Syn. voluntary, discretionary, not required, not compulsory; see optional . II (Roget s 3… …
