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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

국민투표

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gukmin tupyo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Plebiscite/ˈplɛb.ɪ.saɪt/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"정부는 이 중대한 사안에 대해 국민투표를 실시했다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A direct vote by which the entire electorate is invited to accept or refuse a proposal, typically a change of national constitution or government sovereignty.

    "The government decided to hold a plebiscite to determine the future political status of the region."
  2. 2

    A general vote by the people on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.

    "Citizens expressed their overwhelming support for the environmental policy in the national plebiscite."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'plebiscitum', meaning a decree of the common people ('plebs' meaning common people, and 'scitum' meaning decree or resolve). Entering English in the 19th century via French, it shifted from Roman constitutional history to modern political terminology denoting direct popular votes on major national or regional issues.

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