This is a random list of words often used in politics. Some political ideologies are excluded due to their complexity. These meanings are mostly taken from oxford dictionary and others when needed like Meriam-Webster
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Noun - a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things - a naming word
Adjective - a word that modifies a noun or pro noun
Verb - a word that indicates an action - a doing word
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Abolishing - verb -to end an activity or custom officially
Abolition - the action of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
Abolitionist - noun - a human who favours the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
Ad hominem - an argument directed against a human rather than the position they are maintaining.
Agnostic - a human who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.
Alien - is derived from the Latin alienus. The Latin later came to mean a stranger, a stranger, a foreigner, or someone not related by blood .
Altruism - a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.
America - the continuous continent of contiguous countries from Canada down to Argentina
Anarchy - without ruler - (an -Greek) & ruler/power (from Kratias -Greek via cratie -French)
Apathy - lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern about something
Archaic - adjective very old or old-fashioned.
Argument - originally from Latin argumentum, from arguere ‘make clear, prove, accuse’. giving its primary meaning of; a reason or set of reasons given in support of an idea, action or theory.
- However its come to mean an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
Aristocracy - best ruler - best (aristos -Greek) & ruler/power (from kratias -Greek via cratie -French) - But under feudalism came to mean the highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices.
Armistice - a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. Not necessarily the end of war, as it may only be a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace.
Bourgeoisie - French for the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
In Marxist terms it means the capitalist class
Capital - relating to the head - from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’. eg capital city , capital punishment or seed money to start a business, principally loans or shares.
Capitalist - a human who who has capital especially invested in business, one uses their wealth to invest in trade and industry for profit .
Causation - noun - the action of causing something.
Cause - noun -1 a human or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.
2 a principle, aim, or movement to which one is committed and which one is prepared to defend or advocate.
verb - make (something, especially something bad) happen.
Collusive - involving secret or unlawful cooperation aimed at deceiving or gaining an advantage over others.
Conflate - verb -combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one.
Conservative - adjective - averse/against to change or innovation and holding traditional values
- noun 1. a human who is averse to/against change and holds traditional values.
2. politically - originally one in support of monarchy today especially in USA and other states its used as one who holds liberal capitalist economic values and traditional social values
Conspire - make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.- from Latin con (together) & spirare (breathe)
Conspiracy - the act of conspiring together or an agreement among conspirators.
Constitution - a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
Context - The parts of a discourse (text or speech) that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning. The words that are used with a certain word or phrase and that help to explain its meaning.
Contiguous - from latin contiguus - bordering upon - most common use is having a common border but can mean being next to or nearby something else.
Correlation - a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.
Corrigible - (ones behaviour) capable of being corrected, rectified or reformed.
Corruption - from latin corrumpere, meaning “mar, bribe, destroy”. Normally means dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery. Words get corrupted when they change meanings or computers when they dont work as programmed because the programme has changed
Democracy - people power - from (demos -Greek) & ruler/power (from kratias - Greek via cratie -French)- A true democracy is more than voting , its a government run by the people for the people .
Derogatory - showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.
Dictatorship - invented by the romans when they chose a magistrate to rule alone for fixed term in times of crisis. today usually means self imposed single ruler.
Dissent - noun & verb - hold or express opinions that are at variance with those commonly or officially held. Dissenting has the same meaning
Diverse - show a great deal of variety
Diversity - noun 1. the state of being diverse; variety.
2 politically - the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations etc.
Divisive - adjective - creating disunity or dissension.
Egregious - literally meant "out of the herd" in Latin — something that stands apart.
- taken as outstandingly bad; shocking.
Elite - select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society.
Entity - a thing with distinct and independent existence.
Esoteric - intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
Estate - from latin - stare, to stand . It became "rank, standing, condition,"
- An extensive area of land in the country, usually with a large house, owned by one human, family, or organization.and to a description of population groups
- How a society was classified in medieval tims .The three estates (in Sweden and Aragon, four) conceived as orders in the body politic date from late 14c. In France, they are the clergy, nobles, and townsmen; in England, originally the clergy, barons, and commons, later Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal, and commons. For Fourth Estate
also from early 13c.
- To finally a modern legal meaning be all the money and property owned by a particular human, especially at death
Euphemism - a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Existential - relating to existence.
Existentialism - a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual human as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
Fact - a thing that is known or proved to be true.
The earliest of the current senses (‘truth, reality’) dates from the late 16th century.
- Previous late 15th century: from Latin factum, neuter past participle of facere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘an act’, later ‘a crime’, surviving in the phrase before (or after) the fact .
- from Latin factum "an event, occurrence, deed, achievement,"
Feud - noun - a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.
- verb - being engaged in a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.
from Middle English fede ‘hostility, ill will’, Old French feide, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vēde, related to foe.
Feudalism - A combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe. A vassal served a lord and received protection and land in return. Tennets whether freemen like knights or unfreemen like serfs served he vassals. Derives from medieval Latin terms feudalis, meaning fee, and feodum, meaning fief. The fee signified the land given (the fief) as a payment for regular military service.
Female - adjective -of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes.
Gender - how you see your role in society - refers to the characteristics (behaviours and roles) of women, men .girls and boys that are socially constructed by society). It is not sex -you can have as many genders as you think fit/needed .
Hedonism - the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence.
Hierarchical - of the nature of a hierarchy; arranged in order of rank.
Hierarchy - a system that organizes or rans things, often according to power or importance
Homo - 1 -man , from Latin . Which gives Homo Sapien ie recent man
2 - same - from Greek
Ignorant - lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated. Shares the same latin root word ignorare , ignore.
Ignore - refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.
Incorrigible - (ones behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed.
Liberal - adjective (non political) willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
- - noun - (political) a supporter of liberalism - a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.
Male - adjective - of or denoting the sex that produces gametes, especially spermatozoa, with which a female may be fertilized or inseminated to produce offspring.
Man - 1 an adult male human being.
2 a human being of either sex
Mar - impair the quality or appearance of; spoil.
Medieval - of the middle ages - the period between the fall of the Western Roman Empire (around 476 CE) and the beginning of the Renaissance (around the 14th to 15th centuries)
Moderator - an arbitrator or mediator
Monarchy - one ruler - alone (monos -Greek) & ruler/power (from kratias -Greek via cratie -French)
Morbidity - noun - the condition of suffering from a disease or medical condition.
Nation - a large body of people united by common link , descent , history, culture, or language. Its not the same thing as a state . American Indians tribes were nations.
Nation State - is the conflation of nation and state which is what most countries are called today but are recent inventions in last few hundred years.
Neoconservative - a political ideology characterized by an emphasis on liberal free market capitalism and an interventionist foreign policy. Especially in USA emerging in 1980s
Nordic - from the north
adjective - relating to or denoting Scandinavia, Finland, and Iceland.
noun - a human from Scandinavia, Finland, or Iceland.
Nuance -a subtle distinction or variation, a very slight difference in appearance, meaning, sound, etc
Nuanced - having nuances : having or characterized by subtle and often appealingly complex qualities, aspects, or distinctions (as in character or tone)
In politics it means its not straight forward and theres extra context
Occult - mystical, supernatural, or magical powers, practices, or phenomena.
Oligarchy - Small group in power - From few ( oligos - Greek) & ruler/power (from kratias -Greek via cratie -French)
Parable - a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.
Pejorative - expressing contempt or disproval
Polemic - noun - a speech or piece of writing expressing a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something.
Politic - originally governing the city - from Greek politikos, from politēs ‘citizen’, from polis ‘city’.
Political - relating to the government or public affairs of a state/country.
Precedents - an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
Prehistory - the period of time before written records.
Pristine - means original condition (does not mean good condition).
Proverbial - adjective comes from the Latin word proverbium, “a common saying.”
- word or phrase) referred to or of the nature of or resembling a proverb
- little stories or expressions that usually teach a lesson, like "Don't cry over spilled milk,"
Redneck - a white member of the Southern rural laboring class, especially a politically reactionary one- usually used derogatory way
Republic - a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president and which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
Sanctimonious - making a show of being morally superior to other people.
Scandinavia - the states of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
Scandinavian - adjective - relating to Scandinavia, its people, or their languages.
2. the northern branch of the Germanic languages, comprising Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, and Faroese, all descended from Old Norse.
Scarce - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable. (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand.
Sect - a distinctive system of beliefs held by a number of humans - generally regarding somewhat different religious beliefs from those of a larger group to which they belong or a philosophical or political group,
Sectarian - adjective - denoting or concerning a sect or sects
- noun - a member of a sect.
Secular - not connected with religious or spiritual matters.
Semantic - adjective - relating to meaning in language or logic. Semantics examines the relationship between words and how different people can draw different meanings from those words.
When people describe an argument as a 'matter of semantics,' they mean that the two sides are effectively saying the same thing, or that the difference between them is negligible; the positions differ only in the words that are used.
Semite (Semitic people) - someone who speaks a Semitic language
Fairly obsolete term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group associated with people of the Middle East, including Arabs , "Jews", Akkadians and Phoenicians
Semitic languages - Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic
b : a characteristic feature of a Semitic language occurring in another language
Sex - either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions.
State - when referring to politics , per the United Nations legal definition, a state is a society with a defined population, borders with a government. Country is a similar slang word not used in UN documents or legislation as UN only uses the word state.
Social - adjective - 1 relating to society or its organization.
2 needing companionship and therefore best suited to living in communities.
noun - an informal social gathering, especially one organized by the members of a particular club or group.
Society - 1 the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.
2 an organization or club formed for a particular purpose or activity.
Sycophant - a person who acts obsequiously (obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree) towards someone important in order to gain advantage.
Suffrage - the right to vote in political elections.
Theist - a human who believes in the existence of a god or gods, specifically of a creator who intervenes in the universe. Monotheist believes in just 1 god . Atheist does not believes in any gods
Utilitarian - adjective 1. designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.
Utilitarianism - is an ethical theory that determines right from wrong by focusing on outcomes. It is a form of consequentialism . Utilitarianism holds that the most ethical choice is the one that will produce the greatest good for the greatest number.
Vassal - noun - historical - holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.
today - a human or country in a subordinate position to another.
Vicarious - experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another human.
Viking - pirate/marauder from Scandinavia - its the name of the action you are doing - its -more as noun than a verb - Its not an ethnicity , but were Scandinavian , so from Norway, Sweden, Denmark in origin.
Wane - to decrease in size, extent, or degree , to dwindle , to become weaker in strength or influence:
from Old English wanian ‘lessen’, of Germanic origin; related to Latin vanus ‘vain’(empty)
Waning - the process of decreasing, declining, or coming to an end. to become weaker in strength or influence
Woke - originally mean to be aware of black injustice (in USA) , its widened to be aware on social injustice, this means against racism , sexism and anti gay people , words and actions. Entered oxford dictionary 2017 and became to be used by the right as pejorative in 2019.
Woman - adult female human being
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Being from NZ i use English spelling which differs from USA American spelling
English v USA American
-ou (British) vs. only -o (American)
colour vs. color,
armour vs armor,
flavour vs . flavor
mould v mold
labour v labor
behaviour v behavior
-s (British) vs. only -z (American)
apologise vs . apologize,
fantasise vs. fantasize,
idolise vs. idolize
summarise v summarize
organise v organize
realise v realize
organisation v organization
recognise v recognize
analyse vs. analyze,
paralyse vs. paralyze
Doubling the L in a verb conjugation (British) vs. keeping the single L (American)
travelled vs. traveled
labelling vs labeling
AE (British) vs. E (American)
leukaemia vs. leukemia,
paediatrics vs. pediatrics
-ce (British) vs. -se (American)
defence vs. defense
practice vs practise
licence v license
it should be noted this is for nouns for adjectives British still use s
only -ogue (British) vs. -og or -ogue (American)
catalogue vs. catalog,
dialogue vs. dialog
-re (British) vs. -er (American)
metre v. meter,
lustre v. luster
centre v center
Other words
aeroplane v airplane
cheque v check
develope v Develop
grey v gray
programme v program
tyre v tire
wilful v willful
for more see wiki
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