contractarianism

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contractarianism

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From contractarian + -ism.

noun

uncountable The 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)

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noun political doctrine

Deutsch	Kontraktualismus

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@misc{contractarianism_2026,
  title = {contractarianism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contractarianism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}