bicameralism
The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary…The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.
Bikameralismus
двухпала́тная систе́маdvuxpalátnaja sistéma, двухпала́тностьdvuxpalátnostʹ, бикамерали́змbikameralízm
(uncountable, usually)Ambiguous misnomer for Julian Jaynes's theory of bicamerality, probably never used by Jaynes, rarely used in academic literature based on his work, but often found informally (compare bicameral mind and bicameral mentality)
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Forms
plural: bicameralisms| Singular | bicameralism |
|---|
uncountable
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable