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Politics

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

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ivory tower

Politics; Political Science

Used figuratively to refer to a place cut off from the real world. If a professor at a university, for example, comes up with a controversial idea to solve some social problem ...

Jacobinism

Politics; Political Science

The political doctrines of the Jacobins, a society of revolutionary democrats in France during the time of the French Revolution (1789-1794). The term can be used to refer to any ...

Jeffersonian democracy

Politics; Political Science

Refers to the principles held by President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), some of which, such as the belief in the inalienable rights of the individual and the hatred of despotism, ...

jihad

Politics; Political Science

An Arabic term meaning "striving" or "effort" in the service of God, which was applied to political conquest on behalf of Islam. Thus a jihad is a holy war.

jingoism

Politics; Political Science

Aggressive and warlike patriotism. Usually used in a derogatory sense. A politician might advocate a jingoistic foreign policy, but he would not call it that???a task which would ...