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Politics

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

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fellow traveler

Politics; Political Science

Someone who goes along with a specific belief without openly endorsing it. Often used in respect of communism, about those who are not members of the communist party but who ...

feminism

Politics; Political Science

See women's movement.

feminist

Politics; Political Science

One who supports the beliefs and goals of feminism. A feminist is usually a woman, but a man can be a feminist too.

feudalism

Politics; Political Science

A medieval form of social economic and political organization. Feudalism had a pyramidal structure. At its head was the king; below the king was a hierarchical chain of nobles, ...

fiat

Politics; Political Science

An order or decree issued by a legal authority. A fiat may be of an arbitrary nature, as, for example, when it is used as an instrument of government by an authoritarian regime ...

incentive

Politics; Political Science

Something that acts as a spur to action. In economics, for example, a system of incentive pay, in which wages are based on production, rather than a fixed rate per time, may ...