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1. 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)....
2. bloc, n. View full entry 1903
...In Continental politics, a combination of divergent political parties which supports the government in power. Also transf., a combination of persons, groups, parties, or nations formed to foster a particular...
3. Bund | bund, n.2 View full entry 1850
...A league, confederacy, or association; spec.the confederation of German states;a Jewish Social Democratic workers' organization in Eastern Europe, founded in 1897;U.S. an American pro-Nazi organization founded...
4. Bundesrat, n. View full entry 1872
...A federal council; spec.the upper house of the German or Austrian parliament;the federal council of Switzerland....
5. Chartist, n. View full entry 1838
...One of the body of political reformers (chiefly of the working classes) who arose in 18378, and whose principles were embodied in the document called the ‘People's Charter’ (...
6. corporator, n. View full entry 1787
...A member of a corporation, esp. of a municipal corporation....
7. Falange, n. View full entry 1937
...A Spanish political party, founded in 1933 as a Fascist movement by J. A. Primo de Rivera and merged in 1937 with traditional right-wing elements to form the...
8. guillotine, n. View full entry 1793
...An instrument used in France (esp. during the Revolution) for beheading, consisting of a heavy knife blade sliding between grooved posts. Also, execution by this instrument....
9. guillotine, v. View full entry 1794
...trans. To behead by the guillotine....
10. Jacobinic, adj. View full entry 1793
...Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the French Jacobins; ultra-democratic....
11. jussion, n. View full entry 1773
...Order, command. letters of jussionFrenchlettres de jussion, letters by which the French king ordered the parliament to register an ordinance....
12. loi-cadre, n. View full entry 1953
...A general outline law, the principles of which can be applied by the government in succeeding parallel situations....
13. moderatism, n. View full entry 1795
...The adoption or advocacy of a moderate view or course of action in any subject of controversy; the principles or policy of a Moderate political or ecclesiastical party....
14. polycentrist, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1963
...Advocating or practising polycentrism. Also as : a person who advocates or practices polycentrism....
15. scrutin, n. View full entry 1851
...In French combinations, referring to contrasting electoral systems: scrutin d'arrondissementdarɔ̃dismɑ̃lit., electoral district votescrutin de listelist...
16. Sovnarkom, n. View full entry 1938
...The highest executive and administrative organ of government of the U.S.S.R. (renamed the Council of Ministers in 1946). Also, a council having analogous functions in one of the republics of...
17. † stadholˈderian, adj. and n. View full entry 1787
...Pertaining to a stadholder or to the office of stadholder; attached to the party of the stadholder....
18. Suez, n. View full entry 1955
...Used attrib. and absol. to denote the military and political crisis which resulted from the nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956. Suez groupnow...
19. Vichyite, n. and adj. View full entry 1943
...= VichyistVichy....
20. Viet Cong, n. and adj. View full entry 1957
...(A member of) the Communist guerilla force(s) active in Vietnam between 1954 and 1976....
