epipolism
/ɛpɪˈpɒlɪzəm/Definitions
1. noun
The doctrine or practice of voting for the candidate most likely to win, thereby ensuring a desired outcome without actually supporting that candidate.
“Some critics argue that epipolism can lead to a lack of genuine political engagement in the democratic process.”
2. noun
In geometry, epipolism refers to the study of epipoles, which are points that represent the perspective centers of two views of a scene.
“The mathematician’s research focused on the epipolism of conic sections and its applications in computer vision.”