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PSEPHOLOGY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("psephology" is a kind of...):
sociology (the study and classification of human societies)
Derivation:
psephologist (a sociologist who studies election trends)