Political science

Political science

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

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Quisling

Politics; Political Science

A traitor or collaborator, after Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian who was a Nazi sympathiser and revealed state secrets about Norwegian defences to German agents in 1940, six days before the German ...

Racism

Politics; Political Science

The discrimination against a person or group solely because of their race. Any political doctrine that claims the superiority of one race over another.

Quorum

Politics; Political Science

The number of members of a legislature, or of any organization, that have to be present before official business may be conducted.

Revolutionary

Politics; Political Science

A person who advocates or instigates a revolution; that which causes a drastic change in society.

Any principle or thing that is regarded as being beyond attack, or untouchable. Sometimes also called "third rail." In the U.S., the Social Security programme used to be considered a sacred cow, and ...

Right-wing

Politics; Political Science

On the far conservative side of the political spectrum, the opposite of left-wing. Right-wing politics usually favors: a free enterprise system in which business is unfettered by government ...

Rule of thumb

Politics; Political Science

A rule about the performing of an action that is based on practical experience rather than theoretical or scientific knowledge. Any way of doing something that works, whether it is technically ...