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