English Explanatory Dictionary

contractarianism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election)

Word forms

contractarianism

Etymology

From contractarian + -ism.

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