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

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free enterprise
Politics; Political Science

The economic system that is fundamental to capitalism. The means of production are privately owned and decisions regarding producing and pricing are governed by market forces. ...

free market
Politics; Political Science

Economic transactions that are conducted under the conditions of a free enterprise, market economy, i.e. one that is controlled only by forces of supply and demand. See also ...

front organizations
Politics; Political Science

Organizations that provide respectable cover for subversive or criminal activities. The mafia, for example, conducts many of its operations under cover of apparently respectable ...

free trade
Politics; Political Science

International exchange of goods without government regulation, such as tariffs, quotas, exchange controls, subsidies to domestic producers, etc. The principles of free trade hold ...

fundamentalism
Politics; Political Science

The term is usually applied to a certain kind of religious conservatism, whether Christian, Muslim or other, that takes the words of the Bible, or other sacred text, as literal ...

gag rule
Politics; Political Science

Any order from a court, or other authority, not to discuss something. For example, the administration of President George Bush (1989-1993) instituted a gag rule that disallowed ...

general strike
Politics; Political Science

A strike that is not limited to one trade or industry, but involves several, and is sufficiently widespread to paralyze the economy. In U.S. history, general strikes occurred in ...

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