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LOCAL OPTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does local option mean?
• LOCAL OPTION (noun)
The noun LOCAL OPTION has 1 sense:
1. freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction
Familiarity information: LOCAL OPTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("local option" is a kind of...):
self-determination; self-government; self-rule (government of a political unit by its own people)
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