Meanings
plural Polish parliaments
- The Sejm of the Republic of Poland.
- idiomaticA deliberative but indecisive institution.
But the conversation produced no result. In a summit conference the nay-saver is in a position to prevent what his allies desire. An alliance among democratic nations is a Polish parliament in which the liberum veto functions (within certain limits).
1966, Raymond Aron, Peace and war: a theory of international relations
Origin
The idiomatic sense is derived from the system of liberum veto used by the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where every nobleman member had a veto in certain votes.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish polsk rigsdag
- polsk rigsdag(idiomatic) an indecisive institution, inspired by a parliamentary tradition requiring unanimity
Dutch Poolse landdag
- Poolse landdag(idiomatic) an indecisive institution, inspired by a parliamentary tradition requiring unanimity
Finnish jahkaileva elin
- jahkaileva elin(idiomatic) an indecisive institution, inspired by a parliamentary tradition requiring unanimity
Polish chwiejny parlament
- chwiejny parlament(idiomatic) an indecisive institution, inspired by a parliamentary tradition requiring unanimity
Swedish polsk riksdag
- polsk riksdag(idiomatic) an indecisive institution, inspired by a parliamentary tradition requiring unanimity
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Polish parliament. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Polish%20parliament
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