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1) Social relations involving authority or power. 2) The art or science of governing.
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Marxism-Leninism
Politics; Political Science
The term was first used by Stalin in 1924: it referred to the interpretation of Marxism by Lenin, which became the official Soviet ideology during the rule of Stalin, and beyond. ...
mass hysteria
Politics; Political Science
When irrational, or wild and uncontrollable behavior spreads rapidly through a crowd, or through a section of society. The notorious Salem witch trials in seventeenth-century ...
mass media
Politics; Political Science
The media that reaches huge numbers of people: television (over 99 percent of American homes have one), radio, newspapers and magazines, and the Internet (including blogs and ...
masses
Politics; Political Science
The vast majority of people in a given population; the common people.
massive retaliation
Politics; Political Science
Part of the concept of deterrence during the Cold War. The policy of massive retaliation meant that any nuclear attack on the U.S. would be met by an overwhelming nuclear ...
materialism
Politics; Political Science
Putting the highest value on the acquisition of wealth and consumer goods rather than in developing a spiritual or moral life. In philosophy, materialism is the doctrine that ...
matriarchy
Politics; Political Science
A society that is dominated by women, the opposite of patriarchy. Also refers to a society or tribe where inheritance is passed down through the female line.
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