parliamentarianism

[ pahr-luh-men-tair-ee-uh-niz-uh m, -muh n- or, sometimes, pahrl-yuh- ]

/ ˌpɑr lə mɛnˈtɛər i əˌnɪz əm, -mən- or, sometimes, ˌpɑrl yə- /

advocacy of a parliamentary system of government.

Origin of parliamentarianism

First recorded in 1875–80; parliamentarian + -ism

That is the Sinn Fein case against the policy of Parliamentarianism, and it is an overwhelming case.

Sinn Fein |P. S. O'Hegarty
In days to come the nineteenth century will be quoted as having witnessed the failure of parliamentarianism.

The Conquest of Bread |Peter Kropotkin
Parliamentarianism, writes Mr. Barry OBrien drolly, was apparently becoming a respectable thing.

Lord Randolph Churchill |Winston Spencer Churchill
It was the first definite challenge since the Union to the theory of Parliamentarianism.

Sinn Fein |P. S. O'Hegarty

Parliamentarianism was dying on its legs and constitutionalism appeared to have received its death-blow.

Ireland Since Parnell |Daniel Desmond Sheehan

parliamentarianism

/ (ˌpɑːləmɛnˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm) /

the system of parliamentary government