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Definition of Political science
1. Noun. The study of government of states and other political units.
Examples of category: Bolt, Politics, Mandate, Patronage, Demonstration, Manifestation, Cabal, Conspiracy, Catechism, Nominating Address, Nominating Speech, Nomination, Combination, Soviets, Civilisation, Civilization, Side, Assassin, Assassinator, Bravo, Muckraker, Mudslinger, Fencesitter, Independent, Mugwump, Regular, Coattails Effect, War Chest, Sturm Und Drang, Turbulence, Upheaval, Minimalist
Category relationships: Administration, Governance, Governing, Government, Government Activity
Generic synonyms: Social Science
Specialized synonyms: Geopolitics, Practical Politics, Realpolitik
Derivative terms: Political Scientist
Definition of Political science
1. Noun. The systematic study of government and politics. ¹
2. Noun. The analytical study of public policy and policies, past, present, and prospective. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Political Science
Literary usage of Political science
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1897)
"And although political science has now approached a stage of ... But how much of
history is political science, and how much of political science is history ..."
2. The Theory of State by Johann Caspar Bluntschli (1895)
"INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. political science. POLITICAL Science (die ... political
struggles, military affairs— all these form no part of political science. ..."
3. An Introduction to the History of the Science of Politics by Frederick Pollock (1920)
"THE BEGINNINGS OF political science—SCIENCE IN GREEK PHILOSOPHY No good Brahman
begins ... He has been recognised as the founder of political science by the ..."
4. The Rights and Duties of American Citizenship by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1898)
"PART I INTRODUCTION TO political science CHAPTER I SOCIETY Introductory. — The
world over, and since civilization began, men and women have preferred to ..."
5. The Rights and Duties of American Citizenship by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1898)
"PART I INTRODUCTION TO political science CHAPTER I SOCIETY Introductory. — The
world over, and since civilization began, men and women have preferred to ..."
6. The Development of European Polity by Henry Sidgwick (1903)
"... to treat summarily an important part of the history of Political Societies,
from the point of view of Inductive political science, as I conceive it. ..."
7. The Political Theory of the Schoolmen and Grotius by John Martin Littlejohn (1894)
"Not inappropriately may we invoke the name of the great father of Political
Science upon the effort to set forth a philosophy that was in a great measure ..."