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Abolitionists, specifically the northern states during the US Civil War.
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Alternative form of adhocrat. [(business, organizational theory) One who espouses or practises adhocracy.]
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Any of several political parties, mostly in eastern Europe, that advocate agrarianism.
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A government not lacking governmental power but absent of political domination.
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(dated, rare) The view that all property should be in common ownership and that no individual should benefit from private possession.
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Administrative bureaucracy, or red tape, in India.
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(politics) The practice of joining the prevailing side.
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Alternative form of big labor [(sometimes capitalized) Large trade unions or labor unions collectively, understood as having significant economic, political, or societal influence.]
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(US, politics) A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
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(historical) A political protest that took place in Boston Harbour in 1773, in which demonstrators, in defiance of the Tea Act, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company
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One who belongs to a cartel, or supports cartelism
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(politics) A political party that appeals to a diverse range of people and viewpoints.
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Alternative form of caudilloism [Rule by a caudillo.]
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(politics) A tool, app or program that calculates the sums of Members of Parliament between the parties for possible government coalitions, given the results of an election.
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Alternative spelling of conchy [(slang) A conscientious objector.]
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(Canada, chiefly historical) Of or relating to a political movement in favour of Canadian Confederation.
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Alternative form of coup d'état [(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.]
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(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
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A supporter of czarocracy or a czarocratic government.
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Alternative spelling of demagogue [(derogatory) A political orator or leader who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.]
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of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.
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The practices and principles of a demagogue; a pandering to the multitude for selfish ends.
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Alternative form of demagocracy [Rule by demagogues.]
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Rhetoric that appeals to the prejudices of the people.
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Alternative form of demagogism [The practices and principles of a demagogue; a pandering to the multitude for selfish ends.]
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(countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
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Obsolete form of democracy. [(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).]
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A grant awarded on purely demographic principles such as age and sex.
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Alternative form of demokkkracy [(informal, derogatory, very rare) A false democracy controlled by racist white people.]
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A person who likes people, especially crowds of people.
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A supporter of despotism.
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(politics, US, Canada) The influence of money on politics and on government
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Synonym of authoritarianism
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Synonym of statism, sometimes (derogatory) with specific distinctions derived from Mises's political theories.
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(politics) A distinguishing trait that helps a party or faction win popular approval, other than their general policies.
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Supporter, adherent, partisan.
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A supporter of federation.
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a person who does not always vote for the same political party, but usually decides on the basis of policies.
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A revolutionary strategy which posited that military vanguardism could lead to general rebellion.
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(US, economics, historical) An advocate of the free silver movement.
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A person in favour of free trade.
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A person involved in armed conflict against an occupation, or oppressive government, etc.; a revolutionary, an insurgent, a rebel or insurrectionist.
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A supporter of the government.
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A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
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(slang, US, politics) Criticism of the political left, especially when used to position oneself as a moderate.
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(historical) A coalition of Russia, Austria and Prussia formed in 1815, ostensibly to regulate all national and international relations in accordance with the principles of Christian charity.
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Sharply polarized by political parties in fierce disagreement with each other.
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(historical) A member of a revolutionary party in Spain about 1873, or of a socialist party in France.
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(uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
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(obsolete) Unrestrained, licentious.
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(historical) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
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A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.
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(US) A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends.
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Of or pertaining to McCarthyism
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Alternative form of me-tooism [(politics) The act of following or taking on a policy of another (especially competing) person or political party.]
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(chiefly in West Africa) An outwardly democratic politician who gained, and retains power with the help of a military establishment
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A member of the millocracy.
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A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.
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One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
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(Marxism) A combination of productive forces such as labour power and means of production, and social and technical relations of production such as property, power, laws and regulations, etc.
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The advocacy of such a political system.
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(historical) A policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas while asserting US dominance, empire, and hegemony in the hemisphere.
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(US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps.
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(derogatory) A new political party that sprouts up quickly before an election, but proves short-lived.
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(politics, especially in France and UK, Ireland) A independent politician.
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(countable) A regime, country etc. that is not democratic.
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(rare) A manipulator of a mob who holds sway by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; an extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogue; one who practises ochlagogy.
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Resembling the totalitarian political methods decried in the works of writer George Orwell, particularly in the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; characterized by use of misleading terminology, propaganda, censorship, totalitarianism, surveillance and repression.
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(derogatory) A style of politics that evades rather than addresses problems; ostrichism.
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A supporter of paramilitarism.
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(Philippines) a resistance movement characterized by street protests
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A kind of democracy not limiting participation of citizens to voting, but striving to create opportunities for everybody to make meaningful contributions to decision-making.
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(historical) A member of the Italian anti-fascist resistance movement in World War II.
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(politics) Partyness, or political party spirit, in the context of the former USSR.
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An adherent to a party or faction.
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(Ireland, politics) The treatment of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as distinct.
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(Canada, politics) A political partisan who favours the partition of the province of Quebec with the western, southern portions and Montreal forming a separate province or country from the rest of Quebec.
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Alternative spelling of partisan (“adherent, supporter”) [An adherent to a party or faction.]
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A supporter of partocracy.
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The official policy of a political party or other organization.
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(politics) A person who belongs to a political party.
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Alternative spelling of patrimonialism [A political system in which all power flows from the leader.]
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a political machine with characteristics similar to that run by Tom Pendergast
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(politics) A political party, its designation normally reflecting a focus on people.
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Alternative form of perestroika (political senses) [(historical, uncountable) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.]
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(politics) A surge in the number of women running for office, the number of female voters, or the number of people voting for female candidates during an election, which results in the election of more women or politicians supporting feminist issues (such as abortion rights).
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Alternative form of politburo [The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.]
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Any of various politburos, especially that of the Soviet Union or that of the People's Republic of China.
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A recognized political party or group of parties in multiparty political systems that is present in Parliament or some other legislative body and does not control the floor (usually due to being in the minority).
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(Australia, informal) A politician.
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Alternative form of Pol Potism [(politics) The political philosophy of Pol Pot.]
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(UK, politics, historical) The situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion in Poplar, London, England, in 1921.
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Any political doctrine chosen to appeal to a majority of the electorate.
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(derogatory) The practice of appealing to the interests of the common people.
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supporting the United States
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Supporting or in favor of the United States.
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In favour of a military solution to a political problem
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In favour of the government.
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(art, historical) An experimental Soviet artistic institution that arose in conjunction with the Russian Revolution of 1917, and aspired to radically modify existing artistic forms by creating a new, revolutionary working-class aesthetic drawing inspiration from the construction of modern industrial society in backward, agrarian Russia.
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A military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century, usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void.
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(euphemistic, politics) An antisocialist government that allows suffrage but places sovereignty in the army.
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(politics) In favour of trade unions.
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Alternative spelling of pseudodemocracy [(politics) A government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties.]
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The belief that a revolution should take place by means of a putsch.
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Having certain aspects of democracy.
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(Philippines) alternative spelling of reelectionist [(Philippines, politics) A candidate for reelection.]
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Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.
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(politics) The overthrow of a government that is considered an illegitimate regime by means of external force (especially military might), and its replacement with a new government according to the concept of political legitimacy promoted by that force.
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Any empire, especially one that is imperialist, tyrannical, and/or racist.
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One who revolts or who does something revolutionary; revolutionist.
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(slang) An advocate for an ideology or cause.
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(neologism, derogatory, politics) A person who zealously promotes causes he or she believes to be matters of social justice, often for personal validation.
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A form of government in which the needs of everyone in a society are met.
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A political party formed by members of an existing one whose views or policies differ from those of the majority.
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Alternative form of splittist [(derogatory, Marxism, China) Favoring a split or separation from the Party or the nation.]
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(politics) A society whose members have both rights from it, and duties or responsibilities to it; a concept within the New Labour movement.
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(Philippines) a resistance movement characterized by street protests
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A person who campaigns for the right to vote.
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(politics) Any of various democratic systems that somehow build upon democracy, as for example by combining several democracies into one, or by increasing local autonomy.
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(economics) A branch of economics that focuses on the supply side of the economy and on tax reductions.
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A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.
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(politics, derogatory) The practice of blindly following popular opinion.
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An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
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(politics, chiefly US) A political party in opposition to the main parties in a two-party system.
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A supporter of, or ruler in, timocracy.
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(economics) The idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody else.
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(politics) relating to, or supported by one group, especially by one political party
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(New Zealand politics) A member of parliament who switches parties.
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Pertaining to support for the politics or principles of the welfare state.
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