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

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subsistence

Politics; Political Science

Means of support or livelihood; means of living. People who have enough only to cover basic needs are considered to be living on a subsistence income.

subversive

Politics; Political Science

Tending to undermine, disrupt or overthrow something already established, as in lawlessness and violence are subversive of public order. A subversive individual or group is one ...

succession

Politics; Political Science

The assumption of an office, after the previous incumbent's period of authority expires, for whatever reason (incapacity, resignation, death). Also refers to the order in which ...

suffrage

Politics; Political Science

The right to vote. Democratic societies are characterized by universal suffrage, which means that all adult citizens have the right to vote. The U.S. has had universal suffrage ...

summit diplomacy

Politics; Political Science

Meetings between the heads of governments of major powers that discuss the relations between them. During the Cold War, summit diplomacy developed as a major means by which the ...

superpower

Politics; Political Science

A superpower is a state that is powerful economically and militarily, that can act influentially over most of the globe, that can influence the behavior of other states and ...

supply and demand

Politics; Political Science

The economic mechanism that operates in a free enterprise system, and that is responsible for prices, based on the assumption that sellers want to sell at the highest price they ...