referendum
A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment.
Other meanings
An action, choice, etc., which is perceived as passing judgment on another matter.
“My father is taking my decision on whether to go to university as a referendum on his performance as a parent, and it's very stressful.”
Related words
- antireferendum
- neverendum
- preferendum
- proreferendum
- pseudoreferendum
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "referendus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “referendum” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.