comitology
comitology · comitologies
комитология f комиссология
Komitologie
The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to…The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.
UK/ˌkɒm.ɪˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/US/ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Meaning
2 senses(European Union, countable, uncountable)The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.
Komitologie
комитоло́гия f комиссоло́гияParkinson
(countable, humorous, uncountable)The study of how committees could work, expand, and ramify.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
art of resolving issues by committees:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
art of resolving issues by committees:
Origin
From committee + -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays publisFrom committee + -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays published in The Economist.
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Forms
plural: comitologiesWord family
1 related wordsDerivedcomitological
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable