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bicameral, a.|baɪˈkæmərəl|
[f. bi- prefix2 1 + L. camera chamber + -al1; L. had bicamerātus.]
Having two (legislative) chambers. biˈcamerist, an advocate of two legislative chambers.
a1832Bentham is cited by Webster. 1863Sat. Rev. 140 [This] reduced our Houses to two, and..created that ‘bi⁓cameral’ system which the rest of the world has been content to imitate. 1872Freeman Growth Eng. Const. ii. (1876) 97 The form of government which political writers call bi⁓cameral. 1884Goldw. Smith in Contemp. Rev. Sept., The only valid argument in favour of the retention of the House of Lords is, in fact, the difficulty which the Bi-Camerists find in devising any [substitute].
Add: Hence biˈcameralism n., advocacy or adoption of a bicameral system.
1917J. A. R. Marriott in Edinburgh Rev. July 192 Mill was no fanatical believer in bicameralism, still less did he approve of a Second Chamber constituted like the House of Lords. 1931F. G. Crawford State Govt. vii. 115 When the national government was created in 1787, the principle of bicameralism was included. 1963Federal Suppl. CCXIII. 584/2 The chief justification for bicameralism in State government now seems to be the thought that it insures against precipitate action—imposing greater deliberation—upon proposed legislation. 1987Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East (B.B.C.) 4 July bii/3 We can't copy Western democracy with its bicameralism, multiparty system, and separation of power among legislative, executive and judicial branches. |