Definitions For Bicameralism

Noun

BICAMERALISM (plural - or s) (government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another. : {{cot, en, tricameralism, unicameralism}} (psychology) {{n-g, Ambiguous misnomer for w:julian jaynes, julian jaynes's theory of bicamerality, probably never used by Jaynes, rarely used in academic literature based on his work, but often found informally (compare bicameral mind and bicameral mentality)}}

Related terms

bicameral bicamerality

Descendants

{{desc, ru, бикамерали́зм, g=m}}

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 兩院制, tr=liǎngyuànzhì Finnish: kaksikamarijärjestelmä French: bicaméralisme, m Georgian: ორპალატიანობა, ბიკამერალიზმი German: Bikameralismus, m Italian: bicameralismo, m Japanese: 二院制 (にいんせい, niinsei, sc=Jpan), 両院制 (りょういんせい, ryōinsei, sc=Jpan) Korean: 양원제, sc=Kore Polish: bikameralizm, m, dwuizbowość, f Portuguese: bicamaralismo, m, bicameralismo, m Romanian: bicamerism, n Russian: двухпалатный, двухпала́тная систе́ма, f, двухпала́тность, f, бикамерали́зм, m, бикамери́зм, m

Etymology

bicameral + ism.