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

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greenhouse effect

Politics; Political Science

Also called global warming, it is caused by atmospheric pollutants, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels (like the gasoline in automobiles) that form a barrier in the upper ...

euthanasia

Politics; Political Science

The act or method of causing death painlessly, as an act of mercy to someone suffering from an incurable disease. Euthanasia is illegal in the U.S., but it is a controversial ...

evangelical

Politics; Political Science

Strictly speaking, the term refers to anything that is contained in the four gospels in the New Testament, or to the Protestant churches that emphasize salvation by faith rather ...

evangelism

Politics; Political Science

A zealous effort to spread the word of the gospel, i.e. the beliefs of Christianity.

ex officio

Politics; Political Science

Latin term meaning because of one's office. It means that if, for example, someone is on a committee as an ex officio member, he is on the committee because of the office he ...

expatriate

Politics; Political Science

Someone who has renounced his citizenship of the country in which he was born and has become a citizen of another country.

exploitation

Politics; Political Science

Taking advantage of something for one's own use or benefit, especially in an unethical manner. Thus an employer who pays unreasonably low wages or makes unreasonable demands on ...