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1. adventurism, n. View full entry 1838
...Behaviour characteristic of an adventurer (in various senses); proneness or willingness to take risks, engage in hazardous enterprises, defy convention, or live by one's wits....
2. agitprop, n. and adj. View full entry 1925
...Usu. with capital initial. A department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, or a local department, responsible for ‘agitation and propaganda’ on behalf of Communism; the...
3. anarcho-, comb. form View full entry 1907
...Prefixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘anarchist (or anarchistic) (and) ——’....
4. anti-inflation, adj. View full entry 1870
...= anti-inflationary...
5. autogestion, n. View full entry 1963
...A socialist system in which workers have authority in political and economic decision-making, and hold ultimate responsibility in the workplace, as opposed to state-run socialism. Now also more generally: the relinquishment of...
6. Baath, n. View full entry 1955
...Used attrib. and occas. absol. (with the) to designate a pan-Arab socialist party founded by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and other intellectuals in Syria in...
7. B.B.C., n. View full entry 1923
...Initial letters of British Broadcasting Corporation, a public corporation orig. having the monopoly of broadcasting in Great Britain, financed by a grant-in-aid from Parliament; established 1927 by royal...
8. Blairist, adj. View full entry 1994
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of Tony Blair or his policies....
9. bond, n.3 View full entry 1884
...In reference to the Dutch-speaking population of South Africa: A league or confederation....
10. Bork, v. View full entry 1987
...trans. To defame or vilify (a person) systematically, esp. in the mass media, usually with the aim of preventing his or her appointment to public office; to obstruct or thwart (a...
11. borking, n. View full entry 1988
...The practice of systematically and publicly defaming or vilifying a person (esp. a nominee for public office), in order to prevent his or her advancement, typically by subjecting previous conduct to extreme...
12. Boulangism, n. View full entry 1888
...The principles and methods of Boulanger and his party who, from about 1886 to 1889, advocated a policy of militarism and revenge against Germany....
13. Cagoulard, n. View full entry 1937
...A member of a secret right-wing organization in France in the 1930s....
14. Carbonaro, n. View full entry 1818
...A member of a secret society (the Carboneria) formed in the kingdom of Naples in the early 19th cent. during the French occupation under Murat, and having patriotic, republican, and...
15. Churchillian, adj.3 and n.2 View full entry 1912
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of Sir Winston Churchill....
16. Clasp, n.2 View full entry 1958
...The initial letters of Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme, used to designate the organization and its system of planning, and spec. a method pioneered by them of building schools...
17. Clintonista, n. View full entry 1992
...A supporter or adherent of Bill Clinton or his policies. Also: a member of the Clinton administration....
18. Clintonite, n.2 (and adj.) View full entry 1992
...A supporter or adherent of President Clinton or his policies. Also attrib. or as ...
19. Comecon, n. View full entry 1949
...The economic association of Communist countries in Eastern Europe....
20. communalist, n. and adj. View full entry 1871
...An advocate of communalism (communalism1); esp. a member or supporter of the Paris Commune of 1871, a Communard. Now rare (hist....
