psephology
Meaning
Noun
- The predictive or statistical study of elections.
- An ancient Greek method of numerology, similar to gematria.
Origin
- From pseph- + -o-, drawing on the various definitions of Ancient Greek ψῆφος ("pebble used for reckoning; pebble used for casting a vote"). The sense relating to elections was coined in 1948 by Frank Hardie.
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