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

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Politics; Political Science

The branch of military science that deals with the movement, supplying and quartering of troops.

Machiavellian

Politics; Political Science

One who adopts the principles of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), a Florentine political theorist who advocated the use of duplicity and cunning in political affairs. Machiavelli ...

macroeconomics

Politics; Political Science

A branch of economics that is concerned with the overall picture of the economy, with aggregates rather than individual parts. Macroeconomics deals with data such as the level of ...

magistrate

Politics; Political Science

A civil officer charged with the administration of the law such as a judge or judicial officer of a minor court.

majority

Politics; Political Science

More than half of a given thing, as when a political party has the largest share of seats in a legislature; also means being of full legal age, as in she reaches her majority on ...

elite

Politics; Political Science

An exclusive, carefully selected group or class, usually small, which possesses certain advantages, either of wealth, privilege, education, training, status, political power, etc. ...

elitism

Politics; Political Science

The doctrine that advocates leadership by a select group or elite. Elitism is not something that any U.S. politician would openly advocate, since it runs counter to the democratic ...