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1. Action Directe, n. View full entry 1980
...An extreme left-wing French terrorist group active esp. in the 1980s....
2. activist, adj. and n. View full entry 1908
...Philos. Of or relating to the theory of activism (activism2)....
3. 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...
4. Amal, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1979
...A Shiite Muslim political and paramilitary organization founded in Lebanon by Imam Musa Sadr in 1975. Also attrib. or as ...
5. America First, phr. and adj. View full entry 1915
...A slogan: ‘put the interests of the U.S. first’....
6. America Firster, n. View full entry 1928
...A person who contends that the interests of the United States should take precedence over those of other nations; an American having (excessively) nationalistic or isolationist views. Also: a member or supporter...
7. anarcho-, comb. form View full entry 1907
...Prefixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘anarchist (or anarchistic) (and) ——’....
8. anarcho-capitalism, n. View full entry 1969
...A theory or ideology based on a belief in the freedom to own private property, a rejection of any form of governmental authority or intervention, and the upholding of the competitive free...
9. anarcho-capitalist, n. and adj. View full entry 1969
...An advocate of anarcho-capitalism....
10. anarcho-syndicalism, n. View full entry 1934
...= syndicalism...
11. Anschluss, n. View full entry 1924
...Annexation or union, spec. of Austria to Germany (either the actual union in 1938 or as proposed before that date)....
12. anti-ˈfeminist, n. and adj. View full entry 1924
...One opposed to women or to feminism (sense 3); a person (usu. a man) who is hostile to sexual equality or to the advocacy of women's rights....
13. anti-inflationary, adj. View full entry 1932
...That seeks or acts to prevent or reduce inflation....
14. Anzus, n. View full entry 1952
...The combination of Australia, New Zealand, and the United States for the security of the Pacific, usu. attrib. in Anzus Alliance, Anzus Council, Anzus Pact...
15. apolitical, adj. View full entry 1952
...Detached from, not interested in or concerned with, political issues or activities....
16. apparat, n. View full entry 1950
...The party machine of the Communist party in Russia, etc. Also attrib....
17. apparatchik, n. View full entry 1941
...A member of the apparat; also, a Communist agent or spy....
18. Apra, n. View full entry 1935
...The name of a Peruvian reform movement and political party founded in 1924....
19. Asquithian, adj. and n. View full entry 1910
...Pertaining to, resembling, or supporting Asquith as leader of the Liberal party or, later, as leader of a group of the divided party....
20. Astroturf, n. View full entry 1966
...A proprietary name for: a form of artificial grass turf used chiefly as a playing surface in sports stadiums....
