Meaning

2 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
principle of dividing legislative body into two groups:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
principle of dividing legislative body into two groups:

Forms

plural: bicameralisms
Singularbicameralism

uncountable

Word family

2 related words

See also

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