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absolute

noun

(geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
(grammar) The first of the three degrees of comparison.
That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental (referring to Adjective Definition 4)

as in moral absolutes

adjective (more absolute or (rarely) absoluter, most absolute or (rarely) absolutest)

Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command.

- 1962, Hannah Arendt, On Revolution, (1990), page 155
- : The more absolute the ruler, the more absolute the revolution will be which replaces him.
  1. complete, Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless.
  absolute perfection
  
  absolute beauty
- So absolute she seems, And in herself complete. "w:John Milton, John Milton
  1. Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; " opposed to relative and (compar); as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
  Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.
  1. Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
  Note: In this sense God is called the Absolute by the Theist. The term is also applied by the Pantheist to the universe, or the total of all existence, as only capable of relations in its parts to each other and to the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their laws.
  1. Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
  Note: It is in dispute among philosophers whether the term, in this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined, can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect.
- To Cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute. "w:William Hamilton, William Hamilton
  1. (rare) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
- I am absolute "t was very Cloten. "Shakespeare, Cymbeline, IV,ii
  1. (rare) Authoritative; peremptory.
- The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head, With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. "w:Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  1. (chemistry) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
  2. (grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. (See ablative absolute.)

absolute majority

noun

A number of votes totalling over 50 per cent, such as the total number of votes or seats obtained by a party that beats the combined opposition.

absolute monarchy

noun

The modern day name which refers to states that have a traditional monarchy in which a sole monarch has absolute and unlimited power over the state. Can sometimes be associated with dictatorship, dictatorships.

absolutism

noun

The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.

Quotations

The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. - Palfrey
1. (theology) Doctrine of absolute decrees. - Ash

abstain

verb

(intransitive) refrain, Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
(intransitive) To shun voluntarily.

Not a few abstained from voting. - Macaulay

Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? - Shakespeare, Richard II, II-i

(intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
(transitive) hinder, Hinder; withhold.

Whether he men from marrying. - Milton

abstention

noun

The act of abstaining; a holding aloof

ACT

initialism

Australian Capital Territory (federal territory)
American College Test

action

noun

Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
A way of motion or functioning.

Knead bread with a rocking .

A fast-paced activity.

an movie

A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.

a rifle

(music): The set of moving mechanical parts in a keyboard instrument which transfer the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
(slang) sexual, Sexual activity; intercourse.

She gave him some .

The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
(military) combat, Combat.

He saw some in the Korean War.

A charge or other process in a law court.

verb

To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect

activism

noun

The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.

activist

noun

one who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change

address

noun

Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.
Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. Addison.
Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
(obsolete) Act of preparing one's self. Jer Taylor.
street address

verb (inf=to address, addresses, addressing, addressed or {obsolete) addrest)

(intransitive) (obsolete) To prepare one's self.

Let us to tend on Hector's heels. - Shakespeare

(intransitive) (obsolete) To direct speech.

Young Turnus to the beauteous maid . - Dryden

(transitive) (obsolete) To aim; to direct.

And this good knight his way with me addrest. - Spenser

(transitive) (obsolete) To prepare or make ready.

His foe was soon addressed. - Spenser

Turnus addressed his men to single fight. - Dryden

The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. - Jeremy Taylor

(transitive) (reflexive) To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.

These men addressed themselves to the task. - Macaulay

(transitive) (archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.

Tecla ... addressed herself in man's apparel. - Jewel

(transitive) To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).

The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. - Dryden

(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.

Are not your orders to the senate? - Addison

The representatives of the nation addressed the king. - Swift

(transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
(transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
(transitive) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
(transitive) To address one's self to; to prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.
(transitive) (formal) To handle, discuss about a problem especially to solve it.

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administration

noun

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management.
The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

agency

noun (agencies)

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. --Woodward.

The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one entrusted with the concerns of another.
The place of business of an agent.

agent

noun

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. --Dryden.

One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
(computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of automatic process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.

agitprop

noun (agitprops, -)

(uncountable) political propaganda disseminated through art, literature, drama etc., especially Communist propaganda
(countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.

AID

initialism

Agency for International Development

alderman

noun

a member of several municipal legislative bodies in a city or town
(1811) A roasted turkey garnished with sausages; the latter are supposed to represent the gold chain worn by those magistrates. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)
(slang) a man's pot belly

alien

noun

(1340) A person, animal, plant or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
() A foreigner who is not a subject of the country in which he lives.
(1935) Any life form of non-Earth origin.

verb

To estrange; to alienate

adjective

(1330) Pertaining to an alien.
(1382) Being exceedingly unfamiliar with or removed from a concept.

alignment

noun

An arrangement of items in a line.
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
An alliance of factions.

(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.

alliance

noun

(uncountable) The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.
(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. --C. J. Smith.

The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics. --Mansel.

The persons or parties allied. --Udall.
(countable) A treaty between nations for their mutual advantage

allied

adjective (no comparative or superlative)

Joined as ally, allies.
The Treaty of Vienna..had bound the Allied Powers to make war together upon Napoleon.

allies

noun

(plural of, ally)

verb

(third-person singular of, ally)

Ally

proper noun

A diminutive of the female given name Alison.

Althing

proper noun

the national parliament of Iceland

ambassador

noun

A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.

Note: Ambassadors are either ordinary or resident or extraordinary, that is, sent upon some special or unusual occasion or errand. --Abbott.

An official messenger and representative.
1. (1811) A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes. It is thus managed: A large tub is filled with water, and two stools placed on each side of it. Over the whole is thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail: this is kept tight by two persons, who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are seated on the stools. The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador, and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him, is led in great form up to the throne, and seated between the king and queen, who rising suddenly as soon as he is seated, he falls backwards into the tub of water. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)

amendment

noun

An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
In public bodies; Any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
Correction of an error in a writ or process.
An addition to and/or alteration of the United States Constitution, as in "The First Amendment guarantees the right of free speech."
That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.

a soil

amnesty

noun (amnesties)

forgetfullness, Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

anarch

noun

The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.

anarchic

adjective

Relating to, supporting, or likely to cause anarchy.
chaotic, Chaotic, without law or order.

anarchism

noun

Any theory or doctrine that proposes the absence of government in all forms.
Specifically, a political philosophical belief that all forms of involuntary rule or government are undesirable or unnecessary and that society could function without a ruler or involuntary government (state).

anarchist

noun

One who believes in or advocates the absence of government in all forms (cf. anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.
One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
By extension from previous sense, one who promotes chaos and lawlessness; a nihilist or terrorist.
One who resents outside control or influence on his or her life, in particular the government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.

anarchy

noun (anarchies, -)

(uncountable) The state of a society being without authoritarians or a governing body.
(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
(uncountable) anarchism, Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organize, organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
confusion in general; disorder

ANC

initialism

w:African National Congress, African National Congress

Anglo-Indian

noun

a person of mixed English and Indian parentage
a person from the Anglo-Indian community
a person of English citizenship or ancestry who lives in India

adjective

of, relating to, or between England and India

annex

noun (annexes)

An addition, an extension.

verb (annex, es)

To add something to another, to incorporate into.

The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome.

annexation

noun

the act of annexing, or territories that have been annexed
the legal merging of a territory into another body

apartheid

noun

The policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
By extension, any similar policy of racial separation.

appease

verb (appeas, ing)

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.

appoint

verb

(transitive): To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

When he appointed the foundations of the earth. --Prov. viii. 29.

(transitive): To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.

Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall . --2 Sam. xv. 15.

He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness. --Acts xvii. 31.

Say that the emperor request a parley ... and the meeting. --Shak.

(transitive): To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.

Aaron and his shall go in, and them every one to his service. --Num. iv. 19.

These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. --Josh. xx. 9.

(transitive): To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.

The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. --Hayward.

(transitive), (Law): To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance;—said of an estate already conveyed. --Burrill. Kent.

appointed

verb

Past tense of to appoint.

appointee

noun

a person who is appointed

The ambassador is a political , not a career diplomat.

appointive

adjective

of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment

appointment

noun

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.

He erred by the of unsuitable men.

The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.

the of treasurer

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.

They made an to meet at six.

I'm leaving work early because I have a doctor's .

Decree; direction; established order or constitutio.

To submit to the divine appointments.

According to the of the priests. --Ezra vi. 9.

(Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.

The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. --Prescott.

I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of , that thou liest. --Beau. & Fl.

A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. U.S.

apportionment

noun

The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states
The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states

appropriate

verb (appropriat, ing)

(transitive) To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as in: "let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."
(transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others;—with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
(transitive) To make suitable; to suit. Archaic --Paley.
(transitive) (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.

adjective

(obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person.
Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

The headmaster wondered what an measure would be to make the pupil behave better.

In its strict and appropriate meaning. --Porteus.

Appropriate acts of divine worship. --Stillingfleet.

It is not at all times easy to find words to express our ideas. --Locke.

Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

I don't think it was for the cashier to tell me outloud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place.

appropriation

noun

the act of appropriating, or something appropriated
public funds set aside for a specific purpose
the use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work
(sociology) the assimilation of concepts into a governing framework

approve

verb (approv, ing)

(transitive) To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.

Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless the sentence handed down by the court-martial.

(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

We the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.

(transitive) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

Opportunities to . . . worth. --Emerson.

He had approved himself a great warrior. --Macaulay.

'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. --Byron.

His account . . . approves him a man of thought. --Parkman.

(transitive) To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. --Rogers.

Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of.

They had not approved of the deposition of James. --Macaulay.

They approved of the political institutions. --W. Black.

Arab League

proper noun Arab league, Leaue

an international organization of Arabic-speaking nations, established to coordinate political, cultural, health and communications activities

arbitrary

adjective

Determined by impulse rather than reason.
Chosen for no reason, somewhat random.
Outcome usually technically logical.

The equation is true for an value of x.

archduchess

noun

a daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary

The male equivalent is archduke.

archduke

noun

The son or male-line grandson of an Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

World War I traditionally started with the assassination of Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand.

aristocracy

noun (pl=aristocracies)

The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class
Government by such a class, or a state with such a government
A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others

aristocrat

noun

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

aristocratic

adjective

Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.
Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.

artel

noun

a Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective

Aryan

noun

(context, theosophy, Germanic mysticism, nazism) A member of an (alleged) master race comprised of non-Jewish Caucasians, especially those of Nordic or Germanic descent.

- 1925"26, w:Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler, w:Mein Kampf, Mein Kampf, translation from German to English by James Murphy, 1939
- : This short sketch of the changes that take place among those races that are only the depositories of a culture also furnishes a picture of the development and the activity and the disappearance of those who are the true founders of culture on this earth, namely the Aryans themselves.
  1. (context, colloquial, neo-Nazi or white supremacist ideology) A person of Caucasian ethnicity; a white non-Jew.
- 2001, w:Robert J. Sternberg, Robert J. Sternberg, w:James C. Kaufman, James C. Kaufman, The Evolution of Intelligence, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN080583267X&id=xgQ1MKljVuIC&pg=RA1-PA300&lpg=RA1-PA300&ots=a6fyeWdqS-&dq=Aryan+supremacist&sig=JtN37BGr1UJCEoVuV20zeZBXT60 Page 300
- : One transmission advantage may have been that espousing -supremacist and overtly Nazi ideology could have been a roundabout way of announcing, …
- 2002, w:David R. Goldfield, David R. Goldfield, Still Fighting the Civil War: The American South and Southern History, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0807129607&id=7niy-coNLLcC&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&ots=YKDnkg0JmM&dq=Aryan+supremacist&sig=vTfH03uhh_OR6k57KCWbr6KMNEk page 263
- : The point is not that southern Republicans are edging toward -supremacist views but that the rhetoric of their campaigns and some of their political "
  1. (context, by extension, primarily US, colloquial, euphemistic) A Caucasian racist, often one who is an Aryan in the first sense.
- 2004, w:John Lawton, John Lawton, Bluffing Mr. Churchill
- : Cal tried to think of words that would convey Wolfgang Stahl to the ears and hands of a woman who"d never seen him and never, until now, had to imagine him.
- : "
- : "Why not . . . why not think of your chap as a type? Tell me what type you"d sort of put him into."
- : "Sort of?"
- : "You know . . . roughly."
- : "He"s an ."
- : "Ah, one of those, eh? Odd when you think about it. I mean. How did they arrive at blue-eyed blonds as a racial type? Hitler"s short and dark and looks like Charlie Chaplin. Goebbels is short and ugly and looks like a rat. And as for Goering " well is that what Billy Bunter grew up to be?"
  1. (context, now, _, rare) An Indo-Iranian.
  2. (context, now, _, rare) An Indo-European, a Proto-Indo-European.
- 1905, w:Rossiter Johnson, Rossiter Johnson, LL.D., chief editor, The Great Events by Famous Historians, volume IV
- : We have seen that when the Goths first entered Roman territory they were driven on by a vast migration of the Asiatic Huns. These wild and hideous tribes then " appeared upon the Rhine, and in enormous numbers penetrated Gaul. No people had yet understood them, none had even checked their career. The white races seemed helpless against this "yellow peril", this "Scourge of God", as Attila was called. Goths and Romans and all the varied tribes which were ranging in perturbed whirl through unhappy Gaul laid aside their lesser enmities and met in common cause against this terrible invader. The battle of Chí¢lons, 451, was the most tremendous struggle in which Turanian was ever matched against , the one huge bid of the stagnant, unprogressive races, for earth"s mastery.
  1. (context, ethnography, now, _, obsolete, in 19th century ethnography) A subdivision of the Caucasian race, which comprised the Aryans, the Semites, and the Hamites, or the accompanying linguistic subdivision.
- 1892, w:Charles Morris, Charles Morris, The Aryan Race: Its Origins and Its Achievements
- : The Caucasian race includes two sub-races, " the Xantho-chroic and Melanochroic of Huxley. The seat of this race is Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia, its linguistic division being into Aryans, Semites, and Hamites.
- 1900, w:Frank Moore Colby, Frank Moore Colby, Outlines of General History
- : The surest principle of classification is based on language, but the results must be tested by a study of the physical characteristics of the various races. According to this method of classification, the races of the world may be divided as follows: Aryan, Semitic, Hamitic, Turanian, Negroid. The name Caucasian is generally applied to the first three divisions, " Aryans, Semites, and Hamites. Aryan. " This includes the ancient Hindus " the Persians, Greeks, Italians, Celts, Teutons, and Slavs.

adjective

Pertaining, in racial theory, theories, to the (alleged) Aryan master race.

- 1925"26, w:Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler, w:Mein Kampf, Mein Kampf, translation from German to English by James Murphy, 1939
- : Look at the ravages from which our people are suffering daily as a result of being contaminated with Jewish blood. Bear in mind the fact that this poisonous contamination can be eliminated from the national body only after centuries, or perhaps never. Think further of how the process of racial decomposition is debasing and in some cases even destroying the fundamental qualities of our German people, so that our cultural creativeness as a nation is gradually becoming impotent and we are running the danger, at least in our great cities, of falling to the level where Southern Italy is to-day.
  1. (context, colloquial, neo-Nazi or white supremacist ideology) Pertaining to the Caucasian ethnicity.
- 2003, w:Kathleen M. Blee, Kathleen M. Blee, Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0520240553&id=O8rj6BaBIecC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&ots=Zig3JprLGu&dq=Aryan+neo-Nazi&sig=lBVGVZN-QKTBZyDA6WRg_Id2hcQ page 172
- : Neo-Nazis use Nordic religions to fashion a more noble past and a modern Pan- community. Symbols from and references to ancient spirituality pepper neo-Nazi literature.
  1. (context, US, colloquial, euphemistic) Pertaining to Caucasian racists or their organisations, theories, etc.
- 2006, w:Margaret Kleffner Nydell, Margaret Kleffner Nydell, Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times, Intercultural Press, http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1931930252, ISBN 1931930252, page 106
- Imagine our outrage if the foreign press depicted groups as representing mainstream Christianity.
  1. Of or pertaining to Indo-Iranian peoples, cultures, and languages.
- 1872-79: John Beames, A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Languages of India: to wit, Hindi, Panjabi, Sindhi, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya and Bangall
- :With all due deference to the opinions of scholars, it may be urged that much of this elaborate development arose in an age when the speech of the people had wandered very far away from the classical type. Even if it were not so, even if there ever were a time when the peasant used poly-syllabic desideratives, and was familiar with multiform aorists, it is clear that he began to satisfy himself with a simpler system at a very distant epoch, for the range of forms in Pali and the other Prakrits is far narrower than in classical Sanskrit.
  1. (context, now, _, rare) Of or pertaining to Indo-European peoples, cultures and languages.
- 1905, w:Rossiter Johnson, Rossiter Johnson, LL.D., chief editor, The Great Events by Famous Historians, volume IV
- : Who were these Teutons? Rome knew them only vaguely as wild tribes dwelling in the gloom of the great forest wilderness. In reality they were but the vanguard of vast races of human beings who through ages had been slowly populating all Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Beyond the Teutons were other Aryans, the Slavs. Beyond these were vague non- races like the Huns. "

assembly

noun (wikipedia, Freedom of assembly)
(assemblies)

A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
A congregation of people in one place for a purpose

school assembly, freedom of assembly

A legislative body; e.g., the General Assembly of the United Nations.
(computing) A shortened or jargon form of the term assembly language.
(computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version info.

Atlantic

proper noun

The Atlantic Ocean.

adjective

Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles or the Eastern seaboard of the USA.
Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.

attorney general

noun (attorneys general) (often spelled without hyphen)

A major government officer throughout the English-speaking world, generally responsible for interpreting the law for the head-of-government and executive departments, and functionally as chief prosecutor for his jurisdiction, with the ability to bring civil and criminal actions directly.

Janet Reno was Attorney General under Bill Clinton.

autarchy

noun (autarchies)

A condition of absolute power.
An autocratic government; an autocracy.
Self-government; a condition of economic self-sufficiency or national independence.

autarky

noun (autarkies)

National economic self-sufficiency.
The state of personal self-sufficiency.

authoritarian

noun

an organization or state which enforces strong or oppressive measures against its population
one who prefers, or one who enforces, absolute obedience to an authority

Michael was an authoritarian.

a totalitarian

adjective

of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority; dictatorial

The government was demanding stricter laws against low-wage peasants.

authority

noun (authorit, ies, -)

(uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.
(context, used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
(countable) One who is accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.

authorization

noun

(uncountable) The act of authorize, authorizing.
(countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
The power or right to give orders.

autocracy

noun (autocrac, ies)

A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.

autocrat

noun

An absolute ruler with infinite power
A title born by some such such Monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia

autocratic

adjective

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

In recent times the British prime minister has become increasingly .

Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.

Despite his lack of any actual authority his demeanour annoyed many of his colleagues.

autonomous

adjective

Self-governing. Governing independently.
Acting on one's own. Acting independently. Acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
In the grammar of Celtic languages: (of a verb form) used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

autonomy

noun (autonomies)

Self-government
(context, philosophy) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.

Axis

proper noun the Axis

The alliance group before and during World War II consisting of Germany, Italy, Japan, and allied countries.

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