capable of, or having a reasonable chance of, being elected, as to public office
Derived forms
electability
noun
Word origin
[1875–80; elect + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, fan-tan, neoclassic, overdraft, pressure point-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)
Examples of 'electable' in a sentence
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In bigger parties the leader is 60 per cent of what makes them electable.
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To be electable, a leader must first be credible in the public's eyes.
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They were willing to bury any doubts, provided they could find an electable alternative.
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And both actively distanced themselves from those stereotypes later on to make themselves electable.
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Where there is no electable opposition, indigenous, corrupt, complacent laziness becomes the norm at the top.
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The two candidates can each make a case that he or she is the most electable.
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Instead, despite the lack of a clearly electable alternative, he has failed to ignite the voters.
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Founded some sort of electable party, run for office and changed the structures of global eco-politics from the inside out?
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It's obvious; by being electable.
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Worse still, the days when they bit their tongues to make their party electable seem over.