Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/
initiative (not comparable)
- Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
- In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
- a. 2008, John G. Matsusaka, "Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch", in, 2008, Shaun Bowler and Amihai Glazer, editors, Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 9780230604452, page 122 :
- The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population.
- a. 2008, John G. Matsusaka, "Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch", in, 2008, Shaun Bowler and Amihai Glazer, editors, Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 9780230604452, page 122 :
- Portuguese: iniciativo, iniciador
initiative
- A beginning; a first move.
- A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
- The ability to act first or on one's own.
- An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
- (issue to be voted on) direct initiative
- French: initiative
- German: Initiative
- Portuguese: iniciativa
- Russian: инициати́ва
- French: initiative
- German: Initiative
- Russian: инициати́ва
- Spanish: iniciativa
- French: initiative
- German: Initiative
- Portuguese: iniciativa
- Russian: инициати́ва
- Italian: iniziativa
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