psephism
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ψήφισμα (psḗphisma, “a decree”) from ψηφίζω (psēphízō, “to vote”)
Noun
psephism (plural psephisms)
- (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
- John Pentland Mahaffy