Contractualism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Contractualism is a noun meaning (politics) A political theory based on the idea of a social contract between a ruler and their subjects.
Meaning
(politics) A political theory based on the idea of a social contract between a ruler and their subjects.
Example Sentences
the customary part of the ceremony in which the monarch was presented before the people in his regalia for popular acclaim was removed altogether for fear that it be interpreted as incipient contractualism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include contractarianism, contractualist, propertarianism, contractarian, voluntarism, naturalism.
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