'desuetude' in Against Elections: The Case for Democracy | Bookmarker

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(noun) discontinuance from use or exercise; disuse

With the demise of Athenian democracy, it fell into desuetude, then oblivion

quoting James Fishkin (guy who introduces deliberative democracy bodies in various countries)

—p.109 by David Van Reybrouck

notable

9 years ago