contractarianism
Kontraktualismus
The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a contract…The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election)
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election)
Kontraktualismus
Translations
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political doctrine:
Origin
From contractarian + -ism.From contractarian + -ism.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable