This page gathers the 4,910 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Politics”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 39 of 49: from “sadopopulism” to “securonomics”.
- sadopopulism noun A political strategy or act in which a leader appeals to people by harming them but convincing them that people they hate are at fault or…
- safety lock noun A lock with some device for preventing accidental firing of the weapon.
- safety pin noun The pin of a hand grenade, which prevents accidental detonation.
- saffronization noun The politics of right-wing Hindu nationalism (Hindutva) that seek to make the Indian state adopt policies that recall and glorify Hindu…
- sagamore noun A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization responsible for taking care of its property.
- sagittary noun A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows.
- sailmaker noun An officer in the United States navy who takes charge of the sails.
- sakatottari noun A kimarite, counter to a tottari, in which the attacker frees the arm being barred and forces his opponent to fall forward.
- Salazarism noun the politics of António de Oliveira Salazar (1889–1970), prime minister and dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968, specially the…
- Salazarist adj Of or relating to António de Oliveira Salazar or Salazarism.
- salient noun An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.
- salt verb To sow with salt (of land), symbolizing a curse on its re-inhabitation.
- salt horse noun A naval officer or rating whose training and experience have qualified him as a seaman rather than in any specialised trade.
- saltant adj In a leaping position; springing forward; salient.
- saltire noun An ordinary (geometric design) in the shape of an X. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed.
- salut des armes noun A sort of a choreographed demonstration of arms, consisting of sets of fencers saluting, attacking, parrying, drilling and performing set…
- salute noun A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect.
- salvo noun A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
- Sanatani noun A traditionalist Hindu.
- sanctionable adj That can be subjected to economic sanctions.
- sanctuarize verb To use military force to shelter another country from invasion or attack
- sand battery noun A sand fort equipped with an artillery battery, frequently found in coastal defense, usually having organic infantry attached.
- sand crab noun A civilian.
- sand table noun A sandbox raised on legs for soldiers to play and plan tactics.
- sandbox noun The Middle East.
- Sandersian adj Of or pertaining to Bernie Sanders (born 1941), American politician and senator.
- sandy noun The A-1 Sky Raider aircraft.
- sanguine noun A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).
- sanjak noun A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
- sans nombre prep_phrase Repeated (as a charge like a billet or a division like paly) many times, covering the field with no set number (of the thing).
- sanyaku noun Any of the three highest ranks of sumo wrestler: komusubi, sekiwake and ozeki, together with the honorary title of yokozuna.
- sap noun A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of…
- sap fagot noun A short fascine, approximately three feet in length, employed in sapping operations to fill gaps between gabions prior to the construction…
- sap roller noun A large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the…
- sapphire noun Azure, when blazoning by precious stones.
- sarcelled adj Sarcelly, having curled ends (compare moline).
- sarcelly adj Having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré.
- sarge noun Clipping of sergeant.
- sarkari adj Governmental.
- sarkari Muslim noun A Muslim who rejects some Islamic beliefs and norms, a liberal Muslim.
- saturn noun Sable (black), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures in the arms of certain sovereign people and places as planets.
- saucisse noun A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines…
- sausage noun A saucisse.
- sausage factory noun Dealings and compromises that take place behind the scenes to enact legislation.
- savari noun The regular native Libyan cavalry regiments of the Italian colonial army from 1912 to 1943.
- save noun A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- save by the bell verb In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who…
- saved by the bell adj Of a competitor in a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, spared from being counted out by the referee by the ringing of the…
- say again phrase To repeat part of or entire message transmitted over the radio, used instead of "repeat" which is an artillery procedure word.
- scalawag noun rogue police; rogue military personnel
- scalp noun The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
- scalphunter noun An agent who vets potential defectors.
- Scaramucci noun A unit of time equal to the duration of Anthony Scaramucci's tenure as White House Director of Communications, variously defined as 10 or…
- scarecrow noun Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
- scarp noun Obsolete spelling of scarpe, scrape.
- scattergun noun Synonym of shotgun.
- Schnellbomber noun A type of German World War 2 bomber designed to outrun fighters as part of its defensive capability.
- schoolgirl verb To restrain in a schoolgirl pin.
- schoolgirl pin noun A pin in which the wrestler kneels over a fallen opponent's face so as to restrain the arms above the head.
- schoolie noun An education officer.
- scientific socialism noun Society governed by science.
- scissors noun A type of defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving repeatedly turning one's aircraft towards that of the attacker in order to force…
- scooter noun Synonym of diver propulsion vehicle.
- scope noun A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- scorched earth noun Land that has been abandoned, in the face of an advancing enemy, after the destruction of all resources on it.
- scorched-earth policy noun A strategy that involves destroying buildings, crops, and other resources that could be useful to opponents.
- scorp noun A resident of Gibraltar.
- scotophilic adj That loves the Scots or Scotland.
- scourge noun A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
- scramble noun An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
- scrape noun A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
- scratch a liberal and you'll find a fascist proverb People who identify as liberals (usually rather than leftists) are not uncomfortable with fascist beliefs.
- screening length noun Distance from the source of a smoke screen to the point downwind where the background begins to become recognizable.
- screw picket noun A steel stake, used for barbed-wire defences, the lower half of which is corkscrew shaped, to enable it to be screwed into the ground.
- screwage noun Political pressure applied in order to bring about a desired outcome.
- scrog noun The branch of a tree, especially one used as a charge in Scottish heraldry.
- sea lion noun A monster consisting of the upper part of a lion combined with the tail of a fish (a lion marined).
- sea skimming noun The practice of a missile or aircraft flying as low as possible, minimizing the range at which it can be detected by a target at sea.
- Seabee noun A construction battalion of the United States Navy, responsible for building, bulldozing, etc.
- seadog noun A charge resembling the talbot but with scales, webbed feet and a broad tail.
- seal noun Ellipsis of Navy SEAL (“member of the Sea, Air, Land unit”).
- sealift verb To transport by sea.
- searcher noun An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities in its surface.
- seat noun An ejection seat.
- sec noun Clipping of secretary.
- secco noun Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.
- SECDEF noun The United States Defense Secretary, the civilian head of the Department of Defense of the United States of America, a cabinet secretary.
- second line noun The second battle line used to support the front line.
- second reading noun In the United Kingdom and various other countries, the second presentation of a bill (proposed legislation) to a parliament or legislature…
- second-campism noun In the context of campism, the support of countries that oppose the United States. This include countries like the Soviet Union…
- second-rate adj Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing…
- secondary noun The second stage of a multistage thermonuclear weapon, which generates a fusion explosion when imploded as an indirect result of the…
- seconde noun The second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword…
- sectarianism noun A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these…
- section noun A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
- section 8 noun Discharge from the United States military for reason of being mentally unfit for service.
- sectionalism noun Promoting the good of one region over that of the nation.
- sector noun An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
- securitization noun The act of convincing a relevant audience to treat a topic as a matter of security (regardless of whether it constitutes an actual threat)…
- securonomics noun A modern form of supply-side economics inspired by US president Joe Biden's economic policy, particularly his Inflation Reduction Act, and…