extraparliamentary

English

Etymology

From extra- +‎ parliamentary.

Adjective

extraparliamentary (not comparable)

  1. Outside of a parliament or legislature.
    • 1975 July 28, T.N. Kaul, “In Which Reasons for the State of Emergency Are Explained and Defended”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 20 March 2023:
      Having lost at the polls they were bent on attempting to capture power: through extraparliamentary means.
    • 1988 February 5, David Moberg, “Jackson and Simon in Iowa”, in Chicago Reader‎[2]:
      Unlike Jackson, he has not made himself part of a political movement or exercised extraparliamentary leadership, except in his early newspapering days.

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