sortition

What does sortition mean?

sortition means "making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn".

How many syllables are in sortition?

sortition has 4 syllables and divides as sor-ti-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sortition?

Close synonyms include casting lots, drawing lots. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sortition a common word?

sortition is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sortition come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.