ELECTIVE


Meaning of ELECTIVE in English

[adjective] [not gradable] [formal]an elective office (= chosen by voting)elective politics/democracy (= based on voting)elective (= chosen but not necessary) surgery(UK disapproving) An elective dictatorship is a government which is elected but which has won so many votes that it can do what it likes.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.