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Political science

The social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics.

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Marxism-Leninism

Politics; Political Science

The term was first used by Stalin in 1924: it referred to the interpretation of Marxism by Lenin, which became the official Soviet ideology during the rule of Stalin, and beyond. It included the ...

When irrational, or wild and uncontrollable behavior spreads rapidly through a crowd, or through a section of society. The notorious Salem witch trials in seventeenth-century Massachusetts, in which ...

mass media

Politics; Political Science

The media that reaches huge numbers of people: television (over 99 percent of American homes have one), radio, newspapers and magazines, and the Internet (including blogs and podcasts). A study in ...

masses

Politics; Political Science

The vast majority of people in a given population; the common people.

massive retaliation

Politics; Political Science

Part of the concept of deterrence during the Cold War. The policy of massive retaliation meant that any nuclear attack on the U.S. would be met by an overwhelming nuclear response. The belief was ...

materialism

Politics; Political Science

Putting the highest value on the acquisition of wealth and consumer goods rather than in developing a spiritual or moral life. In philosophy, materialism is the doctrine that describes matter as the ...

matriarchy

Politics; Political Science

A society that is dominated by women, the opposite of patriarchy. Also refers to a society or tribe where inheritance is passed down through the female line.