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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state |
| Synonyms: | body politic, commonwealth, community, country, federation, land, nation, republic, sovereignty, territory, union |
| Main Entry: | commonwealth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political or geographic area |
| Synonyms: | body politic, citizenry, citizens, commonality, democracy, federation, nation, people, polity, republic, society |
| Notes: | a republic is a state or nation where the supreme power lies with its citizens; a commonwealth is an allied group of republics |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political territory; nation |
| Synonyms: | citizenry, citizens, commonwealth, community, constituents, electors, grass roots, homeland, inhabitants, kingdom, land, native land, patria, people, polity, populace, public, realm, region, society, soil, sovereign state, state, terrain, voters |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | progress, advance |
| Synonyms: | advancement, chain, channels, consecution, continuity, development, flow, furtherance, line, manner, march, movement, order, plan, policy, polity, procedure, program, progression, red tape, row, scheme, sequel, sequence, series, string, succession, system, unfolding, way |
| Main Entry: | government |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management, administration |
| Synonyms: | Uncle Sam, Washington, authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, governance, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, political practice, politics, polity, power, powers-that-be, predominance, presidency, regency, regime, regimentation, regulation, restraint, rule, sovereignty, state, statecraft, superintendence, superiority, supervision, supremacy, sway, the feds, union |
| Antonyms: | anarchy, chaos, coup, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, policy |
| Synonyms: | approach, avenue, course, course of action, ideology, method, polity, position, practice, principle, procedure, program, route, scheme, system |
| Main Entry: | policy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | procedure, tactics |
| Synonyms: | action, administration, approach, arrangement, behavior, channels, code, course, custom, design, guideline, line, management, method, order, organization, plan, polity, practice, program, protocol, red tape, rule, scheme, stratagem, strategy, tenet, the book, the numbers, theory |
| 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
| Main Entry: | procedure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | process, system for accomplishing something |
| Synonyms: | action, agenda, agendum, channels, conduct, course, custom, daily grind, fashion, form, formula, game plan, gimmick, grind, idea, layout, line, maneuver, measure, method, mode, modus operandi, move, nuts and bolts, operation, performance, plan, policy, polity, practice, proceeding, program, red tape, routine, scheme, setup, step, strategy, style, the book, the numbers, transaction |
| Notes: | a process is a set or series of actions directed to some end or a natural series of changes; a procedure is a series of actions conducted in a certain manner, an established way of doing something |
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