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See more results » (Definition ofbicameralfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofbicameralbicameral Secondly, even if both chambers in abicameralsystem are malapportioned, the same territorial units may not be overrepresented and underrepresented equally in each chamber.From theCambridge English Corpus Most research on multicameralism stems from the comparative politics literature, asbicamerallegislatures are frequently used at the domestic level of modern states.From theCambridge English Corpus For brevity's sake, we generally refer to this case in the text as 'federal', though, of course, not all constitutionally federal states are necessarilybicameral.From theCambridge English Corpus The legislature had to bebicameral, one chamber entrusted with debating proposals, the other with resolving what to pass into law.From theCambridge English Corpus However, it would be a mistake to assume that the world's otherbicameralsystems share this design.From theCambridge English Corpus Cross-national studies of economic voting have also included measures of party cohesion, opposition control of committee chairs andbicameralopposition.From theCambridge English Corpus Subtract 1 if weakbicameral; subtract 2 if strongbicameral(total range 1-5, with higher values indicating more unitarism).From theCambridge English Corpus Andbicameraldivided government, during this period, was produced largely by the difference between equal and proportional representation, along with the effect of staggered elections.From theCambridge English Corpus Between the two effects, some systematicbicameraldifference in partisan fortunes is to be expected, and we are not explaining that much of a gap.From theCambridge English Corpus I suggested in my article that perhaps the interaction of realignment withbicameraleffects produced the reversal.From theCambridge English Corpus Deadlocks in statebicamerallegislatures increased along with corruption and even violence.From theCambridge English Corpus In abicamerallegislature under incomplete information, sincere voting would be no different.From theCambridge English Corpus Bicamerallegislatures contain at least one body (usually the upper chamber) the members of which represent geographic territories without regard to population size.From theCambridge English Corpus In short, we have compelling reasons to expect that the degree of malapportionment in lower and upper chambers varies significantly acrossbicameralsystems.From theCambridge English Corpus Abicameralsophisticated voter would vote against any alternative even though his most-preferred alternative is voted down.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/bicameral## |