psephology
/seˈfɒlədʒi/noun
उच्चारण सेफ़ॉलजी
चुनाव-विश्लेषण शास्त्र, मतदान और चुनाव परिणामों का अध्ययन
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the study of how people vote in elections and of election results
चुनाव-विश्लेषण शास्त्र, मतदान और चुनाव परिणामों का अध्ययन
- Psephology has become a television industry in India at election time.
- Exit polls are the bread and butter of psephology.
- Psephology experts explained how the swing in votes would affect seats.
+ 2 more examples
- Her interest in psephology began with watching election night coverage.
- A course in psephology covers survey methods and voting patterns.
◇Word family
AaSpelling
pse·phol·o·gy
Spelling and pronunciation: pse-phol-o-gy, with a silent p and -phology, pronounced /seˈfɒlədʒi/ (not 'sephology' or 'psephelogy').
Spelling और pronunciation में pse-phol-o-gy, silent p और अंत में -phology, ध्वनि /seˈfɒlədʒi/ ('sephology' या 'psephelogy' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the silent-p set: psephology, psychology, pseudonym, psalm, pneumonia.
Silent-p समूह याद रखिए: psephology, psychology, pseudonym, psalm, pneumonia।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Greek psephos, a pebble, because ancient Greeks voted by dropping pebbles into urns.
Greek psephos, कंकड़, से, क्योंकि प्राचीन यूनानी कलश में कंकड़ डालकर मतदान करते थे।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: the study of elections and voting is psephology; the expert is a psephologist (Prannoy Roy, Yogendra Yadav).
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: चुनाव और मतदान का अध्ययन psephology; विशेषज्ञ psephologist (प्रणय रॉय, योगेंद्र यादव)।