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POLITICAL SCIENCE

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Meaning:

The study of government of states and other political units

Synonyms:

government; political science; politics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("political science" is a kind of...):

social science (the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society)

Domain category:

administration; governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority)

Domain member category:

minimalist (advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics))

Sturm und Drang; turbulence; upheaval (a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally))

war chest (a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign))

coattails effect ((politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party)

regular (a dependable follower (especially in party politics))

fencesitter; independent; mugwump (a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics))

muckraker; mudslinger (one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage))

assassin; assassinator; bravo (a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed)

side (one of two or more contesting groups)

civilisation; civilization (a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations))

Soviets (the government of the Soviet Union)

combination (an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes))

nominating address; nominating speech; nomination (an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election)

catechism (a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views)

cabal; conspiracy (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))

demonstration; manifestation (a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature))

patronage ((politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support)

mandate (the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory)

politics (the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs)

bolt (a sudden abandonment (as from a political party))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "political science"):

geopolitics (the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state)

practical politics; realpolitik (politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations)

Derivation:

political scientist (a social scientist specializing in the study of government)

Credits