psephology
pronunciation
How to pronounce psephology in British English:
UK [siˈfɒlədʒi]
How to pronounce psephology in American English:
US [siˈfɑlədʒi]
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- Noun:
- the branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls)
Word Origin
- psephology
- psephology: [20] The term psephology ‘study of voting patterns’ was coined in the early 1950s by R B McCallum from Greek pséphos ‘pebble’. Pebbles were used in ancient Greece for casting votes, and so pséphos came to mean metaphorically ‘vote’ – hence psephology.
- psephology (n.)
- "study of elections," 1952, from Greek psephizein "to vote" (properly "to vote with pebbles," from psephos "pebble") + -logy.