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nomination
has definitions from the field of rhetoric
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[ noun ] the act of officially naming a candidate
Synonyms Examples "the Republican nomination for Governor" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Chauncey_Depew , one-time runner-up for the Republican Presidential nomination , was attending a convention at Saratoga , where he was scheduled to nominate Colonel_Theodore_Roosevelt for Governor of New_York when he noticed that the temporary chairman was a man he had never met . After the preliminary business affair was finished Depew arose and delivered the convincing speech that clinched the nomination for Roosevelt . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)The second major aspect of the election is the actual procedure of registration , nomination and voting . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (rhetoric) an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
Synonyms Examples "the nomination was brief and to the point" |
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