plebiscite
C6602
concept
A plebiscite is a direct vote by the entire electorate on a specific proposal or issue, allowing citizens to decide a public question rather than elected representatives.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| plebiscite canonical | 12 |
| national plebiscite | 1 |
| status plebiscite | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: plebiscite
Generated description
A plebiscite is a direct vote by the entire electorate on a specific proposal or issue, allowing citizens to decide a public question rather than elected representatives.
Instances (14)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Saar status referendum of 1955 | — |
| 1999 East Timorese independence referendum | — |
| French plebiscite of 1802 | — |
| Greek monarchy referendum of 1946 | — |
| Upper Silesia plebiscite | — |
| UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 | — |
| Sopron plebiscite of 1921 | — |
| Sylhet referendum of 1947 | — |
| 1988 Chilean national plebiscite | national plebiscite |
| 1973 Greek republic referendum | — |
| Schleswig plebiscites | — |
| 2017 Puerto Rican status referendum | status plebiscite |
| Lex Hortensia | — |
| Lex Manilia | — |