pseudoreferendum

See also: pseudo-referendum

English

Alternative forms

pseudo-referendum

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ referendum.

Noun

pseudoreferendum (plural pseudoreferendums)

(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)

Estonian

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ referendum.

Noun

pseudoreferendum (genitive pseudoreferendumi, partitive pseudoreferendumit)

(politics) pseudoreferendum
- 2006 November 14, Kalev Vilgats, “Lõuna-Osseetia tahab olla omaette”, in Pärnu Postimees‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-07-11:
  Moldova välisministeeriumi avalduses leiti, et nii nagu 17. septembril Transnistrias toimunud pseudoreferendum, on ebalegitiimne referendum Lõuna-Osseetias kooskõlastatud tegevus, mille eesmärk on õõnestada rahvusvahelise üldsuse jõupingutusi konfliktide lahendamisel postsovetlikus ruumis.
  In a statement, the Moldovan foreign ministry said that, like the pseudoreferendum in Transnistria on 17 September, the illegitimate referendum in South Ossetia is a concerted effort to undermine the international community's efforts to resolve the conflicts in the post-Soviet space.
- 2014 March 14, “Argo Ideon: Krimmis toimub pseudoreferendum”, in ERR.ee‎^[4], archived from the original on 2024-07-11:
  Krimmis pühapäeval toimuvat rahvahääletust oleks õigem nimetada pseudoreferendumiks, ütles Postimehe ajakirjanik Argo Ideon.
  The referendum in Crimea on Sunday would be more accurately called a pseudoreferendum, said Argo Ideon, a journalist for Postimees.
- 2022 July 19, “SÕJA VALLANDANUD MOSKVA: Lääs peaks illusioonide maailmast maa peale tagasi pöörduma”, in TV3.ee‎^[5], archived from the original on 2023-11-30:
  Venemaa annekteeris 2014. aastal Ukrainale kuuluva Krimmi poolsaare, viis läbi pseudoreferendumi ja nimetas selle oma territooriumiks.
  In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine, held a pseudoreferendum and called it its territory.
- 2022 September 28, “Zelenskõi: Ukraina kaitseb oma inimesi annekteerimishääletuse aladel”, in Postimees‎^[6], archived from the original on 2022-11-30:
  Tema sõnul olid pseudoreferendumite väidetavad tulemused juba varem paika pandud.
  According to him, the alleged results of the pseudoreferendums were put in place earlier.

Declension

Declension of pseudoreferendum (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pseudoreferendum	pseudoreferendumid
accusative	nom.	pseudoreferendum
accusative	gen.	pseudoreferendumi
genitive		pseudoreferendumi	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