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  2. Power Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Power Thesaurus was created by Alexander Radyushin in 2012 and developed by Radyushin & Co. [3] [4] The domain name for the thesaurus was registered on September 18, 2012. In 2015, the android and iOS app versions of the thesaurus were developed while its Chrome and Opera browser extensions were released in 2016. [5] [6]

  3. Loaded language - Wikipedia

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    Loaded language (also known as loaded terms, strong emotive language, high-inference language, language-persuasive techniques, and rhetorical language) is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations. This type of language is very often made vague to more effectively invoke an emotional response and ...

  4. Abuse of power - Wikipedia

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    Abuse of power. Abuse of power or abuse of authority, in the form of "malfeasance in office" or "official abuse of power", is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties. Malfeasance in office is often a just cause for removal of an elected official by statute or recall election.

  5. Power - Wikipedia

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    Power (1928 film), a comedy film starring William Boyd, Alan Hale and Jacqueline Logan. Power (1986 film), an American drama film. Power (2013 film), an unreleased Indian film by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt. Power (2014 Telugu film), an Indian Telugu-language film starring Ravi Teja and Hansika Motwani.

  6. Girl power - Wikipedia

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    Girl power is a slogan that encourages and celebrates women's empowerment, independence, confidence and strength. The slogan's invention is credited to the US punk band Bikini Kill , who published a zine called Bikini Kill #2: Girl Power [1] in 1991. [2]

  7. Kotodama - Wikipedia

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    Kotodama is related with Japanese words such as kotoage 言挙 "words raised up; invoke the magical power of words", kotomuke 言向 "directed words; cause submission though the power of words", and jumon 呪文 "magic spell; magic words; incantation". Mythology. Kotodama is a central concept in Japanese mythology, Shinto, and Kokugaku.

  8. Dunamis (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Dunamis (Ancient Greek: δύναμις) is a Greek philosophical concept meaning "power", "potential" or "ability", and is central to the Aristotelian idea of potentiality and actuality. Dunamis or Dynamis may also refer to: Dynamis (Bosporan queen), a Roman client queen of the Bosporan Kingdom. Dynamis (beetle), a weevil genus of the tribe ...

  9. Soft power - Wikipedia

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    In politics (and particularly in international politics ), soft power is the ability to co-opt rather than coerce (in contrast with hard power ). It involves shaping the preferences of others through appeal and attraction. Soft power is non-coercive, using culture, political values, and foreign policies to enact change.