🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

elegibilidade

Pronunciation / Transliteration: e.le.ʒi.bi.liˈda.dʒi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Electability/ɪˌlɛk.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A questão da elegibilidade dominou a convenção do partido."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or capability of a political candidate as perceived by voters as being likely to win an election.

    "The primary debate focused heavily on the candidates' policy proposals rather than their overall electability."
  2. 2

    The suitability or qualification of a person to be elected to public office.

    "Party leaders questioned her electability in conservative suburban districts."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'electable' (from Latin 'eligo', meaning 'to pick out' or 'choose'), combined with the noun-forming suffix '-ity'. The term gained prominent usage in mid-20th-century American political journalism to describe a candidate's practical viability in winning an election.

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