Questions tagged [politics]
Use this tag to ask questions about the role, history, and usage of English in politics, or about English terminology relating to politics.
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What does performative mean in the news?
From a google I find these definitions:
relating to or of the nature of dramatic or artistic performance.
"films which push past the limits of current performative trends"
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What is a phrase for a person who changes their story to satisfy whoever they're addressing?
What is a phrase to describe a person (especially a woman) running for office who tells different political factions what they want to hear in order to win their vote?
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Is the phrase: "...obtained bipartisan political support for the project" redundant?
It appears that bipartisan does not solely refer to political parties, rather just support by two parties. However, would adding political after the phrase be redundant in nature, or more descriptive?
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A term (or phrase) for when a person tries to represent the rarest scenario as the most common
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This term or phrase is what it's called when a person (very often used in political debates) will try to take the rarest occurrence of any particular topic and present it as if it's the ...
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How to characterize Machiavelli's phrase, "The ends justify the means"? [closed]
This question has been raised and thoroughly discussed: "How to characterize the phrase, 'The ends justify the means.'" I wish to add a thought. As I was writing a book for publication, I ...
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colonial heritage vs. colonial legacy
I'm trying to find the best translation for the German phrase "koloniales Erbe" as applied to a former colonial power, e.g. as used in the title of this conference. Both "colonial ...
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Is there a name for such political abbreviations as "libfem" for liberal feminism and "ancap" for anarcho-capitalism? [closed]
In the last ten years or so, I've seen these strange abbreviations all over the Internet. Besides the ones in the above title, I've seen these examples: "tradcath", "nazbol", "...
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What is an English phrase or idiom for an outsider suddenly taking control?
What is an English phrase or idiom with a negative connotation for "an outsider, most probably a non-politician, suddenly comes from nowhere and takes control of a political situation because the ...
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Is there a word for someone who would be a single-issue voter, even if not eligible to vote?
I'm 16 years old, so (at least where I am) I can't vote yet. If I could vote, I would be a "single-issue voter"; there is one political issue that is, to me, more important than any other. ...
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On the American usage of the words Congressman, Representative and Senator [closed]
From Merriam-Webster:
congressman
a member of a congress
especially : a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Examples of congressman in a Sentence:
a former congressman who is now a senator
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What is the difference between annexation and accession?
In a Wikipedia discussion about the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation 'User:力' says:
For the record, if you ask the Russians, they would say that Accession of Crimea to the Russian ...
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What is the origin of the phrase "circular firing squad"?
I've found many definitions online of the term, which the OED says is "used in reference to a situation in which a group of people are engaged in self-destructive internal conflicts and mutual ...
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Question: Is it social democracy or Social democracy or Social Democracy? AP style [closed]
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Similarily though he carried out many useful administrative reforms, in a vain effort to combat Social Democracy he seriously interefered with the liberty of public meeting and attempted ...
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Is America (grammatically) a "constitutional federal republic" or a "federal constitutional republic"?
Grammarly says the adjective federal goes before constitutional,
but I'm not sure what type of adjectives federal and constitutional are.
Here's what they said:
It appears that the modifiers in the ...
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When did the change occur in meaning of Afghan from an ethnic group to "person from Afghanistan?"
A related question can be found here, dealing with the usage of
"Afghan" to mean "inhabitant of Afghanistan." Which term is correct — "Afghan" or "Afghani"?
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