pseudoreferendum

See also: pseudo-referendum

English

Alternative forms

• pseudo-referendum

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ referendum.

Noun

pseudoreferendum (plural pseudoreferendums)

1. (politics) A sham referendum.
   • 2019 September 26, Eka Kurniawan, “Indonesia Has a Papua Problem”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The region of Papua remained under Dutch control after Indonesia proclaimed its independence in 1945. But it was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 after a much-criticized pseudoreferendum organized by the United Nations, despite the objections of local liberation groups.

   • 2022 September 28, Isobel Koshiw, Andrew Roth, “Zelenskiy vows to defend Ukrainians in occupied regions as ‘referendum’ results announced”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     “Russia’s recognition of the pseudo-referendums as ‘normal’, implementation of the so-called Crimean scenario, and yet another attempt to annex Ukrainian territory means that there is nothing to talk about,” he said in a video message.

Translations

sham referendum

• Belarusian: псеўдарэферэ́ндум m (psjeŭdarefjeréndum)
• Estonian: pseudoreferendum
• German: Scheinreferendum n
• Hungarian: kamunépszavazás
• Latvian: pseidoreferendums m
• Russian: псевдорефере́ндум (ru) m (psevdoreferéndum)
• Ukrainian: псевдорефере́ндум (uk) m (psevdoreferéndum)

See also

• pseudoelection

Estonian

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ referendum.

Noun

pseudoreferendum (genitive pseudoreferendumi, partitive pseudoreferendumit)

1. (politics) pseudoreferendum

Declension

Declension of pseudoreferendum (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pseudoreferendum	pseudoreferendumid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	pseudoreferendumi
genitive			pseudoreferendumite
partitive		pseudoreferendumit	pseudoreferendumeid
illative		pseudoreferendumisse	pseudoreferendumitesse pseudoreferendumeisse
inessive		pseudoreferendumis	pseudoreferendumites pseudoreferendumeis
elative		pseudoreferendumist	pseudoreferendumitest pseudoreferendumeist
allative		pseudoreferendumile	pseudoreferendumitele pseudoreferendumeile
adessive		pseudoreferendumil	pseudoreferendumitel pseudoreferendumeil
ablative		pseudoreferendumilt	pseudoreferendumitelt pseudoreferendumeilt
translative		pseudoreferendumiks	pseudoreferendumiteks pseudoreferendumeiks
terminative		pseudoreferendumini	pseudoreferendumiteni
essive		pseudoreferendumina	pseudoreferendumitena
abessive		pseudoreferendumita	pseudoreferendumiteta
comitative		pseudoreferendumiga	pseudoreferendumitega