Unscramble

p 3 s 1 e 1 p 3 h 4 o 1 l 1 o 1 g 2 y 4

10 letters · 21 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls)

originFrom psepho- (“pebble”) + -ology (“study of”), drawing on the various definitions of Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble used for reckoning; pebble used for casting a vote”). The sense relating to elections was coined in 1948 by Frank Hardie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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