Category: politics

46 entries.

• Autocraticadjective— Exercising absolute or highly centralized power without meaningful input from others.
• Bastionnoun— A projecting part of a fortification; a person, group, or thing that strongly defends some principle.
• Codifyverb— Arrange laws or rules into a systematic code.
• Consiglierenoun— An adviser, especially to a crime boss.
• Countenancenoun— (v.) To admit or tolerate as acceptable or possible; (n.) a person's face or facial expression.
• Dauphinnoun— The eldest son of the King of France.
• Détentenoun— An easing of strained or hostile relations, especially between countries.
• Disreputenoun— The state of being held in low esteem by the public.
• Downtroddenadjective— Oppressed or treated badly by people in power.
• Edictnoun— A proclamation having the force of law.
• Factionalizeverb— (Especially of a political party) to split into factions or groups, often causing conflict or dissension.
• Fealtynoun— A feudal tenant's or vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord.
• Fiefnoun— An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.
• Fiefdomnoun— An area over which someone exercises control as or in the manner of a feudal lord.
• Gubernatorialadjective— Of or relating to a governor.
• Hegemonicadjective— Dominant or exercising leadership and influence over others.
• Hegemonynoun— Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others. Also: hegemonic (adj).
• Hirelingsnoun— (Derogatory) A person employed to undertake menial work.
• Homogeneitynoun— The quality or state of being all the same or all of the same kind.
• Immiserateverb— Cause to become poor or impoverished.
• Kompromatnoun— Compromising information that is used to blackmail or discredit a person or group usually for political purposes.
• Machiavellianadjective— Cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics.
• Machinationnoun— A plot or scheme.
• Maelstromnoun— A situation or state of confused movements or violent turmoil.
• Majordomenoun— A head butler or steward in a large household.
• Mendicantnoun— A beggar.
• Meritocracynoun— Government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability.
• Nexusnoun— A form or state of connection.
• Panderingverb— The act of expressing views, practicing a lifestyle, or providing gratification that appeals to the specific desires, prejudices, or interests of a particular group, often with the intent of gaining a personal or political advantage.
• Paragonnoun— A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.
• Pariahnoun— An outcast.
• Perturbationnoun— A deviation of a system from its regular or normal state, caused by an outside influence.
• Polycentricadjective— Having multiple centers of authority, influence, or activity.
• Potemkinadjective— Presenting a deceptive façade that conceals an inferior reality; usually in the phrase Potemkin village.
• Recapitulateverb— Summarize and state again the main points of.
• Renegadenoun— A person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles.
• Repudiateverb— Refuse to accept or be associated with.
• Retinuenoun— A group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person.
• Saliencenoun— The state or quality by which an item stands out from its neighbors.
• Shibbolethnoun— A custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, especially a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important.
• Solemnitynoun— The state or quality of being serious and dignified.
• Subterfugenoun— Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.
• Subversiveadjective— Seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.
• Tacitadjective— Understood or implied without being stated.
• Vanquishverb— Defeat thoroughly.
• Waylayverb— Stop or interrupt someone and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way.