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1) Social relations involving authority or power. 2) The art or science of governing.

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leisure class

Politics; Political Science

Any group of people who do not have to work for a living, or who work very little and have time for leisure and recreation. Despite predictions in the 1950s and 1960s that new ...

Leninism

Politics; Political Science

The modern form of Marxism as developed by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924). Lenin led the uprising that overthrew the Russian government in the October Revolution of 1917. He ...

Leninist

Politics; Political Science

An adherent of Leninism.

liaison

Politics; Political Science

A linking up or connecting to, so as to coordinate activities, especially of a military nature.

liberal

Politics; Political Science

In political speech now in the U.S. a liberal is a person who believes it is the duty of government to ameliorate social conditions and create a more equitable society. Liberals ...

liberalism

Politics; Political Science

In the nineteenth century in Europe, the great age of liberalism, the term stood for freedom from church and state authority and the reduction of the power of royalty and ...

libertarianism

Politics; Political Science

The belief that government should not interfere in the lives of citizens, other than to provide police and military protection. Libertarianism cannot easily be placed on the ...