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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, practice |
| Synonyms: | addiction, assuetude, bent, bias, constitution, consuetude, convention, custom, dependence, disposition, fashion, fixation, fixed attitude, frame of mind, gravitation, groove, habitude, hangup, impulsion, inclination, make-up, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | index |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication |
| Synonyms: | basis, clue, evidence, formula, guide, hand, indicant, indication, indicator, indicia, mark, model, needle, pointer, ratio, rule, sign, significant, symbol, symptom, token |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, connections, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, in, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, ropes, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight* |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, powerlessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | institute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law; custom |
| Synonyms: | convention, decree, decretum, doctrine, dogma, edict, establishment, fixture, habit, maxim, ordinance, practice, precedent, precept, prescript, principle, regulation, rite, ritual, rule, statute, tenet, tradition |
| Main Entry: | jurisdiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of authority |
| Synonyms: | administration, arbitration, area, authority, bailiwick, bounds, circuit, command, commission, compass, confines, control, discretion, district, domination, dominion, empire, extent, field, hegemony, influence, inquisition, judicature, limits, magistracy, might, orbit, power, prerogative, province, purview, range, reach, reign, right, rule, say, scope, slot, sovereignty, sphere, stomping grounds, supervision, sway, territory, turf*, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | justice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness, fairness |
| Synonyms: | amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, constitutionality, correction, credo, creed, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legal process, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, square deal, truth |
| Notes: | revenge is personal and justice is societal |
| Antonyms: | illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | kingdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historically, an area ruled by a monarch |
| Synonyms: | commonwealth, country, county, crown, division, domain, dominion, dynasty, empire, field, lands, monarchy, nation, possessions, principality, province, realm, reign, rule, scepter, sovereignty, sphere, state, suzerainty, sway, territory, throne, tract |
| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, principle of behavior |
| Synonyms: | assumption, axiom, base, canon, cause, criterion, exigency, formula, foundation, fundamental, generalization, ground, guide, maxim, origin, postulate, precept, principium, proposal, proposition, reason, regulation, rule, source, theorem, truth, usage |
| Antonyms: | transgression, violation |
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