rotativismn.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊtətɪvɪz(ə)m/,

/rə(ʊ)ˈteɪtɪvɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈroʊdədəˌvɪzəm/,

/roʊˈteɪdəˌvɪzəm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a Portuguese lexical item. Etymons: rotative adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < rotative adj. + -ism suffix, probably after Portuguese rotativismo (1904 or earlier). Compare slightly earlier rotativist adj. and rotativist n.

Chiefly historical.

A system whereby different political parties rotate in office according to a pre-arranged plan rather than by electoral mandate, esp. in Portugal in the second half of the 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > system of > specific

rotativism1908

adversary system1912

1908 Sun (N.Y.) 3 Feb. 2/1 Each party held office by arrangement alternately. This arrangement was known as rotativism.

1921 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 158 The country must in effect sink back into the slough of ‘rotativism’.

1960 W. C. Atkinson Hist. Spain & Portugal xiii. 313 The system in Portugal was known as rotativism.

1969 I. Gilmour Body Politic i. i. 55 The party struggle was also a stage fight in Portugal, where the parties agreed under a system called rotativism to alternate in office.

2003 National Observer (U.S.) (Nexis) 22 June 24 Australia's Tweedledum-and-Tweedledumber rotativism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rotativism
释义	rotativismn. Brit. /ˈrəʊtətɪvɪz(ə)m/, /rə(ʊ)ˈteɪtɪvɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈroʊdədəˌvɪzəm/, /roʊˈteɪdəˌvɪzəm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a Portuguese lexical item. Etymons: rotative adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: < rotative adj. + -ism suffix, probably after Portuguese rotativismo (1904 or earlier). Compare slightly earlier rotativist adj. and rotativist n. Chiefly historical. A system whereby different political parties rotate in office according to a pre-arranged plan rather than by electoral mandate, esp. in Portugal in the second half of the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > system of > specific rotativism1908 adversary system1912 1908 Sun (N.Y.) 3 Feb. 2/1 Each party held office by arrangement alternately. This arrangement was known as rotativism. 1921 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 158 The country must in effect sink back into the slough of ‘rotativism’. 1960 W. C. Atkinson Hist. Spain & Portugal xiii. 313 The system in Portugal was known as rotativism. 1969 I. Gilmour Body Politic i. i. 55 The party struggle was also a stage fight in Portugal, where the parties agreed under a system called rotativism to alternate in office. 2003 National Observer (U.S.) (Nexis) 22 June 24 Australia's Tweedledum-and-Tweedledumber rotativism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908
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