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Political science
The social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics.
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Allegiance
Politics; Political Science
Loyalty to a principal, a leader, or a country, as in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Alienation
Politics; Political Science
A separation of individuals from control and direction of their social life. The term was used widely in German philosophy in the 18th and 19th centuries, but it has become important for sociology ...
Agitation
Politics; Political Science
In a political sense, refers to keeping an issue or a debate constantly before the public; as in there was considerable agitation for political reform in China in the late 1980s. Usually used to ...
Agitprop
Politics; Political Science
Originally set up as the Department of Agitation and Propaganda by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR. Later usage came to be more general, involving activities that encouraged ...
Aggression
Politics; Political Science
Applied to belligerent actions by one state against another; as in Iraq committed an act of aggression when it invaded Kuwait in 1990.
Aide-de-camp
Politics; Political Science
An officer who serves as confidential assistant and secretary to a higher ranking officer, such as a general.
Alien
Politics; Political Science
A visitor or resident in a nation of which he or she is not a citizen.
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