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Definition 2024

bicameralism

bicameralism

English

Noun

bicameralism ‎(usually uncountable, plural bicameralisms)

(government) The principle of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.

Coordinate terms

Related terms

bicameral

Translations

principle of dividing legislative body into two groups

Chinese:
Mandarin: 兩院制 (zh), 两院制 (zh) ‎(liǎngyuànzhì)
Finnish: kaksikamarijärjestelmä
French: bicaméralisme (fr) m
Georgian: ორპალატიანობა ‎(orṗalaṭianoba), ბიკამერალიზმი ‎(biḳameralizmi)
German: Bikameralismus m
Italian: bicameralismo (it) m

Japanese: 二院制 ‎(にいんせい, niinsei), 両院制 ‎(りょういんせい, ryōinsei)
Korean: 양원제 (ko) ‎(yang-wonje)
Polish: bikameralizm m, dwuizbowość f
Russian: двухпала́тная систе́ма f ‎(dvuxpalátnaja sistéma), двухпала́тность f ‎(dvuxpalátnostʹ)

Descendants

Russian: бикамерали́зм m ‎(bikameralízm)