comitology

English

Alternative forms

• commitology (uncommon)

Etymology

From committee +‎ -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays published in The Economist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒm.ɪˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

comitology (countable and uncountable, plural comitologies)

1. (European Union) The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.
2. (humorous) The study of how committees could work, expand, and ramify.

Derived terms

• comitological

Translations

art of resolving issues by committees

Czech: komitologie f Danish: komitologi Dutch: comitologie Finnish: komitologia French: comitologie (fr) f German: Komitologie (de) f Greek: επιτροπολογία f (epitropología) Italian: comitologia f Portuguese: comitologia f Russian: (European Union) комитоло́гия f (komitológija) (Parkinson) комиссоло́гия f (komissológija) Spanish: comitología f Swedish: kommittéförfarande, kommittésystem, sometimes kommittébestämmelser ("kommittologi" should not be used, say Swedish government's translators)