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

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mayhem

Politics; Political Science

In law, the offense of deliberately maiming a person.

McCarthyism

Politics; Political Science

To accuse a person, or a number of persons, of subversive activities by the use of smears and half-truths, and without any supporting evidence. The term alludes to Senator Joseph ...

media

Politics; Political Science

All the means by which news is disseminated in society: newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and Internet, including social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. ...

mediation

Politics; Political Science

The use of an independent party to help settle a dispute between two other parties. Mediation is sometimes used in labor disputes or in international disputes. Unlike in ...

mercenary

Politics; Political Science

A person who offers his services for pay, and does not have any personal adherence to the cause he represents. Usually used of a mercenary soldier, but can apply in other fields ...

mercantilism

Politics; Political Science

A school of economics in the eighteenth and nineteenth century that was directly opposite to the school of classical economics. Unlike the laissez faire classicists, mercantilists ...

meritocracy

Politics; Political Science

A society in which power is wielded by those who deserve it, based on their talents, industry, and success in competition, rather than through membership of a certain class or the ...