Noun: sortition
| Singular | sortition |
| Plural | sortitions |
Sample Sentences
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Demarchy — also called sortition — is a form of governance that selects the representatives of the people as a random sample from a pool of candidates. [2018 April 6, Antony P. Mueller, “Forget Electoral Democracy — Give “Demarchy” a Chance”, in Mises Institute:]
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[2025 December 14, Terry Bouricius, “Sortition Can Help Cure What Ails Our Democracy”, in Jacobin, →ISSN, →OCLC, retrieved 14 Dec 2025:]
Nouns inflected like sortition
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin sortītiō. See: Latin Nouns '
sortītiō'.