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

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messianism

Politics; Political Science

A doctrine that is inspired by the prospect of the imminent arrival of a messiah, a savior, who will lead his people to freedom.

methodology

Politics; Political Science

The science of methods; a system of methods.

microeconomics

Politics; Political Science

A branch of economics that deals with the individual parts of an economy, rather than the aggregate, which is the sphere of macroeconomics.

military-industrial complex

Politics; Political Science

The extremely close political, economic and bureaucratic relationship that exists between the Pentagon and its network of defense contractors. The phrase was coined by President ...

militia

Politics; Political Science

An armed force of citizen soldiers. Originally, militia systems were based on the idea that every citizen was obliged to serve his country; George Washington's army consisted of ...

millenarianism

Politics; Political Science

The term originally referred to the Christian belief that Christ would return, and in this Second Coming, he would establish his thousand year reign (the millennium), which would ...

minimum wage

Politics; Political Science

The lowest hourly rate that an employer must pay an employee. Federal law mandating a minimum wage was first enacted in 1938, when the rate was set at 25 cents an hour. In 2010 ...