Contractarianism

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounThe political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election)

Synonyms

hobbesian contractualism contractarian consent of the governed propertarianism constitutionalism contractualist civicism contractocracy doctrine of necessity voluntarism politocracy

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