political theory

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political theory - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nationideology, political orientationorientation - an integrated set of attitudes and beliefstotalism, totalitarianism, absolutism - the principle of complete and unrestricted power in governmentanarchism - a political theory favoring the abolition of governmentsautocracy - a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individualcentrism, moderatism - a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of actioncollectivism - a political theory that the people should own the means of productioncommunism - a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless societyconservatism, conservativism - a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changessegregationism - a political orientation favoring political or racial segregationconstitutionalism - advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principlesdemocracy - the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representativessocial democracy - the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic meansdomino theory - the political theory that if one nation comes under communist control then neighboring nations will also come under communist controlelitism - the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individualsextremism - any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policiesfascism - a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)federalism - the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing unitsimperialism - a political orientation that advocates imperial interestsleftism - the ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political leftliberalism - a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolutionmeritocracy - the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birthlibertarianism - an ideological belief in freedom of thought and speechmonarchism - a belief in and advocacy of monarchy as a political systemNegritude - an ideological position that holds Black culture to be independent and valid on its own terms; an affirmation of the African cultural heritageOrleanism - the political philosophy of the Orleanistsprogressivism - the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and societyradicalism - the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and societyreactionism - the political orientation of reactionariesrepublicanism - the political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of governmentrightism - the ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political rightsocialism - a political theory advocating state ownership of industrytheocracy - the belief in government by divine guidanceUtopianism - the political orientation of a Utopian who believes in impossibly idealistic schemes of social perfectiondovishness - any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflicthawkishness - any political orientation favoring aggressive policies

political theory

political theory

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noun an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

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