psephism

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ψήφισμα (psḗphisma, “a decree”) from ψηφίζω (psēphízō, “to vote”)

Noun

psephism (plural psephisms)

1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes, especially by the vote of the Athenian people; a statute.
   • John Pentland Mahaffy

     the well-known story of the Spartan psephism