Politics words
Some common words used to talk about politics
A
accountability
activist
administration
adviser
affair
agenda
allegiance
alliance
ally
amendment
anarchism
assassination
asylum
atrocity
authority
autocratic
autonomy
B
ballot
bias
border
boundary
boycott
branch
bribe
broadcast
budget
bureaucracy
C
cabinet
campaign
candidate
capitalism
ceasefire
citizen
civil service
civilian
coalition
colonialism
commentator
commission
committee
communism
community
compromise
conference
conflict
confrontation
consensus
conservative
conspiracy
constituency
constitution
corruption
coup
crisis
D
debate
delegate
delegation
demand
democracy
demonstration
development
devolution
dictatorship
diplomat
discrimination
dissent
dissident
donor
dynasty
E
egalitarian
election
electorate
elite
equality
establishment
ethnicity
executive
exploitation
extremism
F
faction
fascism
federal
follower
foreign policy
franchise
freedom
fundamentalism
G
genocide
globalization
governance
government
green
H
health care
hegemony
hierarchy
I
identity
ideology
immigrant
imperialism
incumbent
independence
individual
inequality
influence
injustice
insecurity
instability
institution
interest group
intervention
invasion
issue
J
journalist
judiciary
L
leadership
left
legislation
legislature
legitimacy
liberalism
liberation
M
majority
mandate
Marxism
measure
media
militant
minority
movement
myth
N
nation
nationalism
negotiation
NGO
O
occupation
official
opponent
opposition
oppression
P
parliament
participant
party
patriotism
persecution
pluralism
policy
politician
poll
power
president
prime minister
progress
propaganda
proposal
protest
R
racism
radical
rally
ratify
rebel
referendum
reform
refugee
regime
representation
representative
republic
resign
revolution
rhetoric
right
riot
S
sanction
scandal
secession
security
senate
separatist
slogan
social democracy
socialism
solidarity
sovereignty
speech
stability
state
strategy
struggle
subsidy
successor
suffrage
supporter
T
taxpayer
tension
territory
terrorism
totalitarian
tradition
treaty
turnout
U
utopia
V
values
vote