Politics

– noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. The science or art of political government.
2. The practice or profession of conducting political affairs.
3. Political affairs: The advocated reforms have become embroiled in politics.
4. Political methods or manoeuvres: We could not approve of his politics in winning passage of the bill.
5. Political principles or opinions: We avoided discussion of religion and politics. His politics are his own affair.
6. Use of intrigue or strategy in obtaining any position of power or control, as in business, university, etc.
7.(initial capital letter, italics) a treatise (4th century b.c.) by Aristotle, dealing with the structure, organization, and administration of the state, esp. the city-state as known in ancient Greece.
—Idiom

8. Play politics,
a: to engage in political intrigue, take advantage of a political situation or issue, resort to partisan politics, etc.; exploit a political system or political relationships.
b: to deal with people in an opportunistic, manipulative, or devious way, as for job advancement.

Political

–adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
2. Of, pertaining to, or connected with a political party: a political campaign.
3. Exercising or seeking power in the governmental or public affairs of a state, municipality, etc.: a political machine; a political boss.
4. Of, pertaining to, or involving the state or its government: a political offense.
5. Having a definite policy or system of government: a political community.
6. Of or pertaining to citizens: political rights. 

 

Revolutionary

- noun

1. Often Revolutionary Relating to or being a revolution: revolutionary war; a museum of the Revolutionary era.
2. Bringing about or supporting a political or social revolution: revolutionary pamphlets.
3. Marked by or resulting in radical change: a revolutionary discovery.
4. A militant in the struggle for revolution.
5. A supporter of revolutionary principles.

Noun plural: revolutionaries

 

Counterrevolutionary

–adjective
1. Characteristic of or resulting from a counterrevolution.
2. Opposing a revolution or revolutionary government.

–noun

3. Also, counter revolutionist: a person who advocates or engages in a counterrevolution.

 

Communism

–noun
1. A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
2. (often-initial capital letter) a system of social organization in which all-economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
3. (initial capital letter) the principles and practices of the Communist party.

 

Capitalism

- noun
An economic system based on a free market, open competition, profit motive and private ownership of the means of production. Capitalism encourages private investment and business, compared to a government-controlled economy. Investors in these private companies (i.e. shareholders) also own the firms and are known as capitalists.

Source:

Dictionary.com 

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