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  2. Politics - Wikipedia

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    Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as ...

  3. Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    www.oed.com. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house. The dictionary, which published its first edition in 1884, traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive ...

  4. Identity politics - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary traces the phrase "identity politics" to 1973. [15] Mark Mazower writes of the late 20th century: "In general, political activism increasingly revolved ... around issues of 'identity.' At some point in the 1970s this term was borrowed from social psychology and applied with abandon to societies, nations and groups ...

  5. -ism - Wikipedia

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    Look up -ism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. -ism (/- ˌɪzəm /) is a suffix in many English words, originally derived from the Ancient Greek suffix -ισμός (-ismós), and reached English through the Latin -ismus, and the French -isme. [1] It is used to create abstract nouns of action, state, condition, or doctrine, and is often used ...

  6. Politicisation - Wikipedia

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    Politicisation (also politicization; see English spelling differences) is a concept in political science and theory used to explain how ideas, entities or collections of facts are given a political tone or character, and are consequently assigned to the ideas and strategies of a particular group or party, thus becoming the subject of ...

  7. Left-wing politics - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole [1][2][3][4] or certain social hierarchies. [5] Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in society whom its adherents perceive as ...

  8. Regime - Wikipedia

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    Regime. In politics, a regime (also " régime ") is the form of government or the set of rules, cultural or social norms, etc., that regulate the operation of a government or institution and its interactions with society. The two broad categories of regimes that appear in most literature are democratic and autocratic. [2]

  9. Political polarization - Wikipedia

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    Political polarization (spelled polarisation in British English, African and Caribbean English, and New Zealand English) is the divergence of political attitudes away from the center, towards ideological extremes. [1][2][3] Scholars distinguish between ideological polarization (differences between the policy positions) and affective ...