Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foot voting

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: foot vot-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Expressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.

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Example Sentences

"Foot voting provides much stronger incentives than ballot box voting for both information acquisition and rational information use."
"Foot voting is an inherently selfish individual move; it is not intended to serve the body politic."
"We already do a lot of foot voting in Nigeria, mostly by migrating abroad in search of greener pastures for reasons that are usually economic. Even within Nigeria, some foot voting is happening with the increase in rural-urban migration."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

vote with one's feet revealed preference

Frequently Paired Words

vote with one's feet revealed preference

Rhymes With

promoting floating cemetery voting coating proxy voting boating bloating gloating doting goating

Questions

What does foot voting mean?: Expressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.

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