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

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empire

Politics; Political Science

A state that unites many different territories and peoples under one rule, as in the Roman Empire, the British Empire. Often the territories are spread widely apart across the ...

enclave

Politics; Political Science

An area that is surrounded or enclosed by territories that belong to another country. The area of Nagorno-Karabakh, for example, is an Armenian enclave within the state of ...

entente

Politics; Political Science

An international agreement or alliance. A famous entente was the Entente Cordiale, signed between Britain and France in 1904; another was the Triple Entente, an alliance between ...

entrepreneur

Politics; Political Science

Someone who sets up a new business undertaking, raises the money necessary, and organizes production and appoints the management. The entrepreneur bears the financial risk ...

environmental protection

Politics; Political Science

The preservation of natural resources. In 1969 the National Environment Policy Act of 1969 stated that such protection is the responsibility of the federal government, and it was ...

envoy

Politics; Political Science

A person sent by a government to a foreign country to conduct diplomatic business. An envoy ranks below an ambassador.

equal opportunity

Politics; Political Science

The idea, which enjoys a broad consensus in the U.S., that opportunities in education, employment or any other field, should be freely available to all citizens, regardless of ...