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

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ACORN Scandals

Politics; U.S. politics

In 2009, Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe, two private citizen journalists, went into several ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) offices across the ...

climategate

Politics; U.S. politics

In 2009 there was a hacking of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the Univ. of East-Anglia, in Norwich, England. Over a thousand emails were taken and the contents placed on the ...

Eugenics

Politics; U.S. politics

Improving the human gene pool by discouraging procreation by persons with undesirable traits.

gravitas

Politics; U.S. politics

High seriousness as in a person's bearing or in the treatment of a subject. Used by Al Gore during the 2000 Presidential election to portray himself as experienced. This ...

misogny

Politics; U.S. politics

Hatred, fear. and distrust of females. Manifested from jokes demeaning women, pornography, to violence against women. Sometimes comes from a patriarchal society that supports ...

misanthropy

Politics; U.S. politics

Hatred and distrust towards the human species and human pro-creation. Some radical environmentalists elevate animals in order to grant them human rights and view humans as ...

wingnut

Politics; U.S. politics

Generally, a person who holds extreme political views. The political usage: A name hurled at people whose remarks you want to discredit, but are too accurate to dismiss. The ...