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parliamentary government

noun

Definition of PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT

:  a system of government having the real executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature
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First Known Use of PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT

1844

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

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