adj
relating to the Allies (allied nations during World War One)
n
(politics) Large corporations, or corporate interest generally, seen as exerting political influence and prioritising profits over other political concerns.
n
(archaic) A corporation.
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(chiefly derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
adj
Following bureaucracy to the point of harming business operations or upsetting customers.
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(historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
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The practices of cartels, or groups formed to support a common interest.
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A high-interaction society of collective decision making.
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One who studies or guides the wealth of the state; a political economist.
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A person who takes the view that they belong to no particular country or state, especially such a person who travels widely to different countries.
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politics led by citizens or based around citizenship
adj
(not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
n
(obsolete) A statesman, politician, or student of the political sciences.
n
(diplomacy, slang) The situation where an organization's resident in-country staff come to regard the officials and people of the host country as "clients", and thus lose touch with the norms and aims of their home country.
n
(obsolete) Conciseness in writing.
adj
Of or relating to constitutionalism.
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The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election)
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One who belongs to a convention or assembly.
n
One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
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Alternative form of core constituency [(politics) The most important group or groups supporting an ideology, political party, officeholder, or candidate, and whose continuing support is crucial for survival and success.]
n
A corporate bureaucracy, characterized by ineffective management.
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(derogatory, possibly nonstandard) The influence or effects of large business corporations.
adj
pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
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One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.
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(law, neologism) perspective that emphasizes ordinary people's agency to recognize rights and influence legal interpretation
adj
Of or for the common people.
adj
Of or pertaining to deregulation
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(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
v
(religion, transitive) To train, educate, teach.
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(countable) A self-imposed policy governing some aspect of a country's foreign relations, especially regarding what sort of behavior it will or will not tolerate from other countries.
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A government's policy relating to issues and activity within a nation's borders.
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A citizen of two countries; a person with dual citizenship.
n
(by extension) The domination of a field of endeavor by two people or entities.
n
Either of the two parties forming a duopsony.
n
Alternative form of entryism [A political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectable candidate]
n
A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part
adj
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
n
(business, economics, politics, diplomacy) The process of moving production to diplomatically friendly or allied foreign locations which have lower production costs.
n
(US, politics, economics, by extension) Welfare in general.
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(geopolitics) An independent polity that claims to be the legitimate government of a country, but is forced to operate from another country.
n
Synonym of collective punishment
n
(Singapore, politics) A type of parliamentary constituency with multiple representatives from the same political group, at least one of whom must be from an ethnic minority.
n
Alternative form of Homo economicus [(economics) A human being regarded as a rational and narrowly self-interested actor capable of making judgments in order to attain its own particular goals.]
n
(international relations) An international hegemon, more powerful than a superpower.
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The one nation that supposedly keeps the world affairs in check via its economic and military power.
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One who adheres to legalism, in its various senses.
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The use of legislation as a means of bring about equality.
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A person who adheres to the literal representation of a statement or law.
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A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat.
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A market economy with governmental provision of public goods, often with strong regulatory oversight, other forms of economic interventionism and some level of economic planning.
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(obsolete) A monopolist.
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(economics) A type of market structure that shares both characteristics of perfect competition and that of monopoly depending on the time frame (long-run or short-run).
n
(politics) An economic, military, or cultural goal of a country.
n
An organization or other group whose behavior significantly affects political, economic, or strategic interactions between countries or major events within a country, but that is not itself a recognized country or a representative of a recognized country.
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(US) Specifically, one who aims to discover how the writers of the United States Constitution intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.
n
(politics) A group of six world powers (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, plus Germany) which joined the diplomatic efforts with Iran with regard to its nuclear program.
adj
In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite.
n
A display of authoritarian force by a government, particularly when unnecessary, as a means to convince or coerce the media and the population into believing that the government has control in matters of law and order.
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(obsolete) A state; a polity.
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A polity; A territory whose boundaries are set by a political authority, especially one with its own governing organization.
n
A sly or ingratiating person.
n
(politics, government) balance of power
n
(sociology, politics) Methods used by different groups of people to influence or control each other.
n
A form of international relations in which sovereign entities protect their own interests by threatening one another with military, economic or political aggression.
n
The sharing of power by two governments, or two political parties, especially in a disputed territory
n
alternative form of power sharing, also used attributively; e.g. a power-sharing agreement. [The sharing of power by two governments, or two political parties, especially in a disputed territory]
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The sharing of power, especially political power between two or more leaders or political parties.
adj
Of or pertaining to the private sector.
adj
In favour of the administration (part of government).
adj
In favour of business.
adj
In favour of a convention.
adj
Supportive of research.
adj
Supporting or favouring trade.
n
a field of study concerning this, sometimes considered a branch of political science.
n
The situation where a regulatory agency, created by government to act in the public interest, instead advances the commercial or political concerns of special interest groups that dominate the affected industry or sector.
n
An effort by a group of people to achieve a social or political goal.
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(politics) Political influence that is extended by means of diplomacy, media, international assistance, cultural exchanges, etc., rather than by such "hard" means as military intervention or punitive economic measures.
n
Synonym of state-owned enterprise.
n
(economics) Ownership of an industry by the people or the state; nationalisation.
adj
Owned and controlled by the country's government.
adj
which is run by the state
adj
(rare) Able in statecraft, politically adept.
n
One who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.
n
Such a person or organization.
n
The oppressive powers that be, including the government and corporations; the system, as coordinated outside of one’s control.
adj
(government, of a system of government or administration) That concentrates power in a single body, rather than sharing it with more local bodies.
n
(US politics) One who participates in elections and makes decisions based on issues such as religion, abortion, capital punishment and same-sex marriage.
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A social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security.
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