uninominal

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adjective

That elects one member from each district, or (of a person) elected from a specific district rather than at large.

Similar
one-membersingle
OriginEnglish nominal ← Middle English nominalle ← Latin nōminālis →
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Meanings

adjectiveuninominal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablean electoral system; etc; an electoral system; etcgovernmentThat elects one member from each district, or (of a person) elected from a specific district rather than at large.
  2. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of uninomial (“consisting of a single word or term”).

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebased on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature)

Similar
one-membersingle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Italic*oinos
  4. Old Latinoinos
  5. Latinūnus
  6. Latinūni-
  7. Englishuni-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  9. Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
  10. Latinnōmen
  11. Latinnōminālis
  12. Middle Englishnominalle
  13. Englishnominal
  14. Englishuninominal

From uni- + nominal.

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APA

uninominal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninominal

MLA

“uninominal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninominal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninominal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninominal.

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