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Autonomy

The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

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Independence 76% connected

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenanc…

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Independency 76% connected

Independence.

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Self-determination 76% connected

Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or act…

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Self-government 76% connected

The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.

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Autonomous 74% connected

Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.

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Autonomous 74% connected

Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.

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Liberty 92% connected

The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to sla…

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Self-reliance 92% connected

Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.

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Self-sufficiency 92% connected

The quality or state of being self-sufficient.

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Agency noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Authority noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Bureau noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Contract noun · 78% connection

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

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Declaration noun · 78% connection

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

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Equality noun · 78% connection

the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status

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Federal agency noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Freedom noun · 78% connection

the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

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Government agency noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Justice noun · 78% connection

judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments

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Legitimacy noun · 78% connection

lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law

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Liberalism noun · 78% connection

a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution

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Office noun · 78% connection

an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…

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Philosophy noun · 78% connection

the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

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Political adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power; "political opinions"

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Social adjective · 78% connection

relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society; "made fun of her being so social and high-toned"; "a social gossip colu…

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Social contract noun · 78% connection

an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection

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Utilitarianism noun · 78% connection

doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest h…

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Absoluteness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

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Anarchy noun · 78% connection

Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.

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Autocracy noun · 78% connection

Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.

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Bond noun · 78% connection

An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a g…

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Bureaucracy noun · 78% connection

A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradic…

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Centralization noun · 78% connection

The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into…

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Democracy noun · 78% connection

Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exe…

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Divine right noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst…

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Divine right of kings noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst…

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Economics noun · 78% connection

Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, unde…

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Egotism noun · 78% connection

The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; th…

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Envoy noun · 78% connection

One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or…

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

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Government noun · 78% connection

(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"

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Humble verb · 78% connection

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.

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Individualism noun · 78% connection

a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence

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Insurrection noun · 78% connection

A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a…

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Jurisdiction adjective · 78% connection

The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising aut…

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