acclamation
nounUS /æk.ləˈmeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology * First attested in 1541. * Borrowed from Latin acclāmātiō, acclāmātiōnis (“calling, exclamation, shout of approval”), from acclamo (“shout approval or disapproval of, shout out at”), from ad (“toward”) + clamo (“cry out”) * Compare French acclamation.
1
A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
- Sometimes a member nominates a chairman and no vote is taken, the assembly signifying their approval by acclamation.1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., p. 100, Article IX, Section 46, note:
- On such a day, a holyday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children:..it must be a scramble among the mountains, and I must accompany them; […]1829, Robert Southey, “Colloquy VI. Walla Crag.—Owen of Lanark.”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 118:
2
The act of winning an election to a post because there were no other candidates.
- See also: uncontested, by default
- With no one running against her, she won by acclamation.
- The medals on which laudatory acclamations are recorded are called by antiquaries acclamation medals.1826, James Elmes, A General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts:
4
Government, Politics An oral vote taken without formal ballot and with much fanfare; typically an overwhelmingly affirmative vote.