Political science

Political science

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

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Majority

Politics; Political Science

More than half of a given thing, as when a political party has the largest share of seats in a legislature; also means being of full legal age, as in she reaches her majority on her next birthday.

Manifesto

Politics; Political Science

A public statement of beliefs or plans by a government or other group, such as the communist manifesto.

Magistrate

Politics; Political Science

A civil officer charged with the administration of the law such as a judge or judicial officer of a minor court.

All the means by which news is disseminated in society: newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and Internet, including social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Conservatives often claim ...

McCarthyism

Politics; Political Science

To accuse a person, or a number of persons, of subversive activities by the use of smears and half-truths, and without any supporting evidence. The term alludes to Senator Joseph McCarthy (1908-56) ...

Meritocracy

Politics; Political Science

A society in which power is wielded by those who deserve it, based on their talents, industry, and success in competition, rather than through membership of a certain class or the possession of ...

Mercantilism

Politics; Political Science

A school of economics in the eighteenth and nineteenth century that was directly opposite to the school of classical economics. Unlike the laissez faire classicists, mercantilists believed in ...