All civics synonyms
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C c noun civics
- government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- campaigning — Military. military operations for a specific objective. Obsolete. the military operations of an army in the field for one season.
- legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- zoo — Berkeley Yacc
- polity — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
- jungle — a novel (1906) by Upton Sinclair.
- statecraft — the art of government and diplomacy.
- backroom — A backroom is a room that is situated at the back of a building, especially a private room.
- history — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- sociology — the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.
- foreign affairs — politics: international relations
- political science — a social science dealing with political institutions and with the principles and conduct of government.
- smoke-filled room — a place, as a hotel room, for conducting secret negotiations, effecting compromises, devising strategy, etc.
- politics — the science or art of political government.
- governance — information technology governance
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
- geography — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.