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Republic

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Democratic 74% connected

Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Democratic 74% connected

Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

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Commonwealth 92% connected

A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Democracy 92% connected

Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.

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Department of State noun · 86% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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DOS noun · 86% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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Empire noun · 86% connection

a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

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Kingdom noun · 86% connection

a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state

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Monarchy noun · 86% connection

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

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State noun · 86% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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State Department noun · 86% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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United States Department of State noun · 86% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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Government noun · 85% connection

the study of government of states and other political units

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Political science noun · 85% connection

the study of government of states and other political units

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Politics noun · 85% connection

the study of government of states and other political units

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Geopolitics noun · 84% connection

the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state

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Practical politics noun · 84% connection

politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations

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Realpolitik noun · 84% connection

politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations

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Authorisation noun · 78% connection

the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to ma…

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Authorities noun · 78% connection

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to high…

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Authority noun · 78% connection

the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to ma…

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Authorization noun · 78% connection

the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to ma…

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Amphibole noun · 78% connection

A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, general…

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Appendant verb · 78% connection

Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another in…

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Appurtenance noun · 78% connection

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in commo…

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Brassica noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. o…

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Clique verb · 78% connection

A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad se…

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College noun · 78% connection

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter…

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Commensurate adjective · 78% connection

Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.

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Common verb · 78% connection

Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties comm…

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Commonage noun · 78% connection

The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others.

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Commonty noun · 78% connection

A common; a piece of land in which two or more persons have a common right.

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Community noun · 78% connection

A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as,…

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Concentre verb · 78% connection

To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

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Contribute verb · 78% connection

To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money…

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Dame noun · 78% connection

The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.

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Enchoric adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the c…

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Francolin noun · 78% connection

A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly commo…

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Fumitory noun · 78% connection

The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers…

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