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Electoral Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Electoral has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

of or relating to elections

"electoral process"

2

relating to or composed of electors

"electoral college"

3

Relating to or composed of electors.

"The electoral college is a body composed of electors who vote on behalf of citizens in presidential elections."

In plain English: Something electoral is related to choosing leaders through voting.

"The electoral commission announced new rules for voting next month."

Example Sentences
"The electoral commission announced new rules for voting next month." adj
"The electoral district was redrawn to favor the new party candidates." adj
"Voters at the polling station cast their electoral ballots in secret." adj
"The election results showed a significant shift in electoral sentiment across the country." adj
See Also
elective electorial electorate gloriagate pig clean sweep electorally playmander
Related Terms

Origin

The word electoral comes from the Latin root elector, meaning one who is chosen or selected. It entered English with the suffix -al to describe anything relating to an election or a person elected to office.

Rhyming Words
ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
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