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meritocracy: the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth; a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects

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postgraduate collapse

theocracy collapse: the belief in government by divine guidance; a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

police state collapse: a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)

feudal system collapse

home rule collapse: self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government

garrison state collapse

autonomy collapse: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence; personal independence

monarchy collapse: an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

democracy collapse: the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives; a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

autarchy collapse

mob rule collapse

self-government collapse: government of a political unit by its own people

welfare state collapse: a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.

republic collapse: a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president"

colonialism collapse: exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

self-determination collapse: determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion

martial law collapse: the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law

tyranny collapse

militarism collapse: a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

dictatorship collapse: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

federation collapse: the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs; an organization formed by merging several groups or parties

commonwealth collapse: a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another; the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)

graduate collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts; confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"; receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990"

regency collapse: the office of a regent; the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity; the period of time during which a regent governs; of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially the style of furniture) favored during the Regency (1811-1820); of or relating to a regency

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