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uniˈcameral, a.
[f. uni- 1 + cameral a.]
Having, consisting of, or characterized by one legislative chamber.
1853F. Lieber Civil Liberty & Self-Govt. xxiv. 242 As a feature of Gallican liberty, must be mentioned here the unicameral system. 1890Century Mag. Feb. 506/1 Georgia, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire abandoned the unicameral system after a short trial of it. 1894Morley in Daily News 28 June 7/4 There is very little chance of our being..what is called unicameral.
Hence uniˈcameralism, the system of having only one legislative chamber. uniˈcameralist, uniˈcamerist, an advocate of a unicameral system.
1888Earl of Pembroke in Univ. Rev. I. 101 The ideal of the unicamerists seems to me to be quite out of the region of practical politics. 1893Westm. Gaz. 14 Feb. 1/3 Of course, I, as a Democrat, do not care for the two Chambers. I am a unicameralist. 1924Fortn. Rev. Oct. 742 With rare unanimity the civilized world has rejected the nostrum of unicameralism, and has decided that two legislative chambers are..necessary to a modern democracy. 1957A. C. Breckenridge One House for Two i. 4 Unicameralism at best simply became a thing of historical interest.
Add: uniˈcamerally adv.
1953Ann. Reg. 1952 101 Those sections [of the South Africa Act] can be amended by Parliament sitting unicamerally. 1989N.Y. Times 8 Jan. (Connecticut Weekly section) 24/4 While the General Court split into two houses for voting purposes, its debates were conducted unicamerally. |