English noun: political theory |
1. | political theory (cognition) an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation |
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| Synonyms | ideology, political orientation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | orientation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | absolutism, anarchism, autocracy, centrism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, conservativism, constitutionalism, democracy, domino theory, dovishness, elitism, extremism, fascism, federalism, hawkishness, imperialism, leftism, liberalism, libertarianism, meritocracy, moderatism, monarchism, Negritude, Orleanism, progressivism, radicalism, reactionism, republicanism, rightism, segregationism, social democracy, socialism, theocracy, totalism, totalitarianism, Utopianism |
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| Attribute | conservative, liberal |
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