preselection
English
noun
Definitions
- (politics) The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party
- (chiefly) Selection in advance
- (evolutionary theory) The preference for a mate found attractive by other members of one's sex.
Etymology
Prefix from English selection.
Origin
English
selection
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoselection English
- bioselection English
- chemoselection English
- contraselection English
- coselection English
- counterselection English
- deselection English
- downselection English
- enantioselection English
- homoselection English
- immunoselection English
- misselection English
- multiselection English
- non-selection English
- orthoselection English
- overselection English
- photoselection English
- postselection English
- reselection English
- selection English
- selectional English
- selectionism English
- selectionist English
- self-selection English
- subselection English
- superselection English
- underselection English
- unselection English
- sēlēctiō Latin
- seleksyon Cebuano
- selection
- coselection
- deselection
- unselection
- selectional
- reselection
- bioselection
- selectionism
- misselection
- subselection
- selectionist
- homoselection
- overselection
- non-selection
- autoselection
- downselection
- postselection
- superselection
- orthoselection
- multiselection
- self-selection
- chemoselection
- photoselection
- underselection
- immunoselection
- contraselection
- counterselection
- enantioselection