the act of combining things to form a new whole | the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs |
the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order | the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government |
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | the study of government of states and other political units |
a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose | the opinion you hold with respect to political questions |
a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock | social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power |
an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) | |
a coordinated sequence of chess moves | |