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There was only one problem with this plan: When the British people were offered the little finger of plebiscitary democracy, they decided to grab hold of the whole hand.

From Slate • Aug. 14, 2016

True, the change was one of dynasty only, not of regime, albeit Louis-Philippe posed rather as a plebiscitary monarch.

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick

In my humble opinion, plebiscitary c�sarism is not compatible with a system of ministerial responsibility for all the official acts of the Sovereign.

From England, Canada and the Great War by Desjardins, Louis-Georges

Its government had, on the contrary, displayed throughout the crisis an anarchic feebleness and incoherency which would have speeded its end had the leader of the plebiscitary movement possessed sagacity or even common courage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

The panic-stricken Government was able to thwart his plebiscitary appeals by re-establishing the scrutin d'arrondissement, or election by small districts instead of by whole departments.

From A History of the Third French Republic by Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad)