political : Idioms & Phrases

• noun committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
  PAC.
  

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• noun a sphere of intense political activity
  political arena.
  

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• noun a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
  party boss; boss.
  
  • party bosses have a reputation for corruption

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• noun a race between candidates for elective office
  run; campaign.
  
  • I managed his campaign for governor
  • he is raising money for a Senate run
• noun the campaign of a candidate to be elected
  campaigning; electioneering; candidacy; candidature.
  

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• noun an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
  commissar.
  

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• noun a contribution made to a politician or a political campaign or a political party
  political contribution.
  

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• noun avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
  political correctitude.
  

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• noun avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
  political correctitude.
  

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• noun some held in custody
  detainee.
  

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• noun a dissenter from political orthodoxy
  

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• noun a contribution made to a politician or a political campaign or a political party
  political contribution.
  

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• noun the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
  economic science; economics.
  

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• that branch of political science or philosophy which treats of the sources, and methods of production and preservation, of the material wealth and prosperity of nations.

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• noun a unit with political responsibilities
  political entity.
  

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• noun a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
  hack; machine politician; ward-heeler.
  

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• noun the use of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult groups who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
  

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• noun a person active in party politics
  pol; politician; politico.
  

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• noun one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country
  civil liberty.
  

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• noun a group that controls the activities of a political party
  machine.
  
  • he was endorsed by the Democratic machine

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• noun a group of people working together to achieve a political goal
  

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• noun an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
  ideology; political orientation.
  

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• noun an organization to gain political power
  party.
  
  • in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level

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• noun a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
  platform; program; political platform.
  
  • their candidate simply ignored the party platform
  • they won the election even though they offered no positive program

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• noun someone who is imprisoned because of their political views
  

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• noun a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
  platform; program; political platform.
  
  • their candidate simply ignored the party platform
  • they won the election even though they offered no positive program

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• noun social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
  politics.
  
  • office politics is often counterproductive

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• noun the study of government of states and other political units
  politics; government.
  

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• noun a social scientist specializing in the study of government
  

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• noun a sphere of intense political activity
  political arena.
  

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• noun the opinion you hold with respect to political questions
  politics.
  

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• noun the members of a social organization who are in power
  form of government.
  

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• noun an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
  ideology; political orientation.
  

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• noun a unit with political responsibilities
  political entity.
  

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