ADJECTIVE | all | elected, elective | subject to popular election |
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Sounds | ihleh'ktahd; ihleh'ktihd | |
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Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... |
Meaning | subject to popular election. | |
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Synonym | elective | |
Narrower | electoral | relating to or composed of electors |
nonappointive | Filled by popular election rather than by appointment | |
See also | democratic | Characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy / democracy or social equality |
Opposite | appointive, appointed | subject to appointment |
Spanish | electivo, elegido | |
Catalan | electiu, elegit |
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