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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | governmental body, most often elected, that makes laws |
| Synonyms: | assembly, body, chamber, congress, council, diet, house, house of representatives, lawmakers, parliament, plenum, senate, voice of the people |
| Notes: | legislation is the act of making or enacting laws, while legislature is the body of people who make or amend or repeal laws |
| Main Entry: | chamber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legislative body |
| Synonyms: | assembly, council, legislature, organization, representatives |
| Main Entry: | congress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delegation of representatives |
| Synonyms: | assembly, association, caucus, chamber, club, committee, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, delegates, government, guild, league, legislative body, legislature, meeting, order, parliament, senate, society, the Hill, the house, union |
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government body, sometimes elected, responsible for laws |
| Synonyms: | commons, congress, council, legislative body, legislature, parliament |
| Notes: | a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Main Entry: | politics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | art and science of administration of government |
| Synonyms: | affairs of state, backroom, campaigning, civics, domestic affairs, electioneering, foreign affairs, government, government policy, hat in the ring, internal affairs, jungle*, legislature, matters of state, political science, polity, smoke-filled room, statecraft, stateship, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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