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Imperialism

The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Ideology 76% connected

The science of ideas.

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Imperialist 74% connected

One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.

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Imperialist 74% connected

One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.

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Disbursal noun · 85% connection

the act of spending or disbursing money

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Disbursement noun · 85% connection

the act of spending or disbursing money

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Expending noun · 85% connection

the act of spending money for goods or services

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Expenditure noun · 85% connection

the act of spending money for goods or services

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Government noun · 85% connection

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

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Outlay noun · 85% connection

the act of spending or disbursing money

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Policy noun · 85% connection

a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislatio…

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Public adjective · 85% connection

not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a pu…

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Spending noun · 85% connection

the act of spending or disbursing money

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Interference noun · 84% connection

a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

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Intervention noun · 84% connection

a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

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Clericalism noun · 84% connection

a policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters

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Plank noun · 84% connection

an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party

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Defrayal noun · 78% connection

the act of paying money

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Defrayment noun · 78% connection

the act of paying money

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Economic science noun · 78% connection

the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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Economics noun · 78% connection

the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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Externality noun · 78% connection

the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world"

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Words connected by meaning

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Adlegation noun · 78% connection

A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treatie…

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Aggrandizement noun · 78% connection

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, t…

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Authority noun · 78% connection

The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and th…

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Authorization noun · 78% connection

The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

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Caesar noun · 78% connection

A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Caesar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler.…

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Caesarism noun · 78% connection

A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committ…

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Crown noun · 78% connection

Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.

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Diadem noun · 78% connection

Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.

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Domain noun · 78% connection

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Elector noun · 78% connection

In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.

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Emperor noun · 78% connection

The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austri…

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Empire noun · 78% connection

The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually o…

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