LOCAL OPTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("local option" is a kind of...):

self-determination; self-government; self-rule (government of a political unit by its own people)

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