Referendum

What do we mean by referendum?

The submission of a proposed public measure or actual statute to a direct popular vote. noun

Such a vote. noun

A note from a diplomat to the diplomat's government requesting instructions. noun

A note from a diplomatic agent addressed to his government, asking for instructions on particular matters. noun

In Switzerland, the right of the people to decide on certain laws or measures which have been passed by the legislative body. noun

A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point. noun

The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature. noun

The principle or practice of referring measures passed upon by the legislative body to the body of voters, or electorate, for approval or rejection, as in the Swiss cantons (except Freiburg) and in various local governments in the United States, and also in the local option laws, etc.; also, the right to so approve or reject laws, or the vote by which this is done. Referendum is distinguished from the mandate, or instruction of representatives by the people, from direct government by the people, in which they initiate and make the laws by direct action without representation, and from a plebiscite, or popular vote taken on any measure proposed by a person or body having the initiative but not constituting a representative or constituent body. noun

A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment noun

A note from a diplomat to his government requesting instructions noun

A legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate noun

A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. The adposition on is usually used before the related subject of the vote.

An action, choice, etc., which is perceived as passing judgment on another matter.

A country wide vote held to determine whether the public thinks it is a good idea/question and to either go forward with it or not. Urban Dictionary

A commonly used term when people engage in the game FIFA. The referee makes a bad decision interrupting the flow of the game and thus the person playing the game says "Allow the referendum" Referendum meaning "Referee" but a modified version of the original word. Urban Dictionary

Noun. An act of intense self-destruction. A suicidal act. Usually harms many people, not just the person committing the act. Often causes those witnessing the act to facepalm or exclaim in a loud voice "Why?". Urban Dictionary

Refers to the mass outpouring of anger and idiotic statements from the losers of the British EU referendum in 2016. Symptoms include signing online petitions calling for another referendum or calling for London to declare its independence from the rest of the UK, crying to your friends on Facebook about how life is just so unfair, smashing your TV when Nigel Farage comes on, and in the most extreme cases: resigning as Prime Minister. Urban Dictionary

When you're opposed to something, only to change your mind a year later in favour of it. Just like Ireland did with the Nice and Lisbon treaties. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to referendum:
referendum, referenda, referendums, referendar.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word referendum:
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Words that rhyme with referendum:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe referendum:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective referendum:
period, campaign, violence, survey, amendment, vote, plan, phase, polls, forces, debate, era, process, plebiscite, surveys, movement, poll, group, day, question, groups, law, election.

Words that sound like referendum:
referendum, referenda, referendums, refunding, refraining, referencing, referent, refrained, referents, referential, deaf and dumb.