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rule out: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"; include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules

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be in collapse

predominate collapse: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

tenet collapse

commandment collapse: something that is commanded

maxim collapse: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits; English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

guiding principle collapse

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

autarchy collapse

overrule collapse: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

adding machine collapse: a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions

mitzvah collapse: (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty; (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law

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

feudal system collapse

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

golden rule collapse: a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount; "Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them" (Matthew 7:12); any important rule; "the golden rule of teaching is to be clear"

dominate collapse: have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"; be in control; "Her husband completely dominates her"; look down on; "The villa dominates the town"

despotism collapse

syllogism collapse: deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises

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

garrison state collapse

tyranny collapse

truism collapse: an obvious truth

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

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

mob rule collapse

paralogism collapse: an unintentionally invalid argument

ordinance collapse: a statute enacted by a city government

reign collapse: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch; the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII"; a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"; have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"

theorem collapse: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates

calculator collapse: a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)

guideline collapse: a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters

veto collapse: a vote that blocks a decision; the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature); vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

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

absolutism collapse: the doctrine of an absolute being; the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government; dominance through threat of punishment and violence

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.

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

dilemma collapse: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

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

prevail collapse: use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"; prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"; continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"; be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

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