parliamentarism
(pɑːlɪˈmɛntərɪz(ə)m)
[f. as prec. + -ism: cf. militarism.]
A parliamentary system of government.
| 1870 Daily News 14 Jan., There is not one..who, if left alone, would not, in a given time, bring Parliamentarism into discredit. 1884 American VIII. 295 He cannot stay..the onward sweep of parliamentarism in Germany. 1890 Harper's Mag. June 79/2 A procedure similar to English parliamentarism. |