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Political

Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.

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Governmental 84% connected

Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.

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Governmental 84% connected

Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.

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Politics 74% connected

The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safet…

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Politics 74% connected

The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safet…

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Politics 66% connected

The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safet…

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Agency noun · 85% 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 · 85% 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 · 85% connection

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

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Federal agency noun · 85% 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 · 85% 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 · 85% 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 · 85% connection

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

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Liberalism noun · 85% connection

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

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Office noun · 85% connection

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

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Liberty noun · 84% connection

freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty — perfect liberty — to think or feel or do just as one pleases…

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Administration noun · 84% connection

the act of meting out justice according to the law

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Ai noun · 84% connection

an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactic…

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Army noun · 84% connection

the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

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Enfranchisement noun · 84% connection

freedom from political subjugation or servitude

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Independence noun · 84% connection

freedom from control or influence of another or others

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Independency noun · 84% connection

freedom from control or influence of another or others

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Judicature noun · 84% connection

the act of meting out justice according to the law

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Navy noun · 84% connection

the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces

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Attracter noun · 78% connection

(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, settled, system, administration.
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Attractor noun · 78% connection

(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…

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Binary noun · 78% connection

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, settled, system, administration.
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Binary program noun · 78% connection

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…

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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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Classical noun · 78% connection

Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style.

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Code noun · 78% connection

Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, settled, system, administration.
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Conformation noun · 78% connection

The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

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Exact adjective · 78% connection

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; tr…

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Fahrenheit adjective · 78% connection

Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermom…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, settled, system, administration.
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Fashionable adjective · 78% connection

Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

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Garnet noun · 78% connection

A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and confo…

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HTML noun · 78% connection

a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents

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Hypertext mark-up language noun · 78% connection

a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents

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Hypertext markup language noun · 78% connection

a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents

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