psephologist
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prettygoodwordpsephologist (see-FOL-uh-jist) - n., a sociologist who studies elections and trends in voting.
Not as common as psephology, the study itself, which was coined in 1952 by historian R. B. McCallum from Greek Greek psêphos, pebble, from the Athenian custom of casting votes by means of putting a pebble in the pot for a given result.
---L.
Not as common as psephology, the study itself, which was coined in 1952 by historian R. B. McCallum from Greek Greek psêphos, pebble, from the Athenian custom of casting votes by means of putting a pebble in the pot for a given result.
---L.
