POLITICS POCKET DICTIONARY A

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Absolute :

1. having power without limit or restriction 2. existing independently and not in relation with somebody else
Absolutism :
(politics) the principle that those responsible for government should have power without limit or restriction
Activism :
the policy of vigorous action to bring about political change
Ageism :
the practice of treating people unfairly because of

their age, especially because they are considered to old
Agnostic :
a person who is not sure whether or not God exists
Altruism :
concern for the needs and feeling of other people above one’s own
Anachronism :
1. a person, a custom or an idea regarded as old fashioned or no longer appropriate
2. the place of something in the wrong historical period
Anarchy :
1. the absence of government or control in society
2. disorder, confusion
Anarchism :
the political believe that there should be no laws or government
Anarchist :
a person who believes there should be no laws or government, or who favours political disorder
Anglo-Saxon :
1. a person whose ancestors ware English
2. an English person of the period before the Norman Conquest
3. (also old English) the English language before about 1150
Antagonism :
(toward somebody or something) a feeling of hostility or opposition
Anthropomorphic :
treating gods or animal as human in form and personality
Anthropomorphism :
believe that gods or animal is as human in form and personality

Agitation :
in a political sense, refers to keeping an issue or a debate constantly before the public; as in there was considerable agitation for political reform in China in the late 1980s. Usually used to refer to opposition to the status quo (in communist countries, those who campaigned for human rights would often be referred to as agitators by the government.)
Aristocracy :
the highest social class; people of noble birth.
Atheism :
the believe that God does not exist

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