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1) Social relations involving authority or power. 2) The art or science of governing.
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white elephant
Politics; Political Science
Something that is of little use or profit, especially something that is maintained at great expense. Some in Britain argue that the Falkland Islands, which Britain retained ...
World Bank
Politics; Political Science
Formally known as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; its purpose is to promote economic and social progress in developing nations by raising productivity; ...
World Health Organization (WHO)
Politics; Political Science
International health agency of the UN which promotes the highest level of health care for all peoples. WHO emphasizes health care for developing nations by helping them develop ...
yardstick
Politics; Political Science
Standard of comparison. For example, in the debate over health care reform in 2009 and 2010, the Canadian health care system was sometimes used as a yardstick to evaluate the ...
zealot
Politics; Political Science
It literally means fanatic. In political science, it's a person who is extremely partisan. Adolf Hitler was a zealot, so also, by most people's reckoning, was Iran's Ayotollah ...
Zeitgeist
Politics; Political Science
A German word now commonly used in English. It means literally spirit of the times, and refers to prevailing currents of thought and feeling in a society. For example, an aspect ...
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