person individual someone somebody mortal soul | a human being, there was too much for one person to do |
seeking | an attempt to acquire or gain something |
campaigning candidacy candidature electioneering political campaign | the campaign of a candidate to be elected |
quest seeking | the act of searching for something, a quest for diamonds |
heat-seeking missile | a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine) |
mental hospital psychiatric hospital mental institution institution mental home insane asylum asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
negative magnetic pole negative pole south-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely |
orphanage orphans' asylum | a public institution for the care of orphans |
positive pole positive magnetic pole north-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely |
refuge sanctuary asylum | a shelter from danger or hardship |
opportunism self-interest self-seeking expedience | taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others |
power hunger status seeking | a drive to acquire power |
political correctness political correctitude | avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against |
political incorrectness | the use of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult groups who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against |
person | a human body (usually including the clothing), a weapon was hidden on his person |
politics political science government | the study of government of states and other political units |
politics political sympathies | the opinion you hold with respect to political questions |
economics economic science political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
political orientation ideology political theory | an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation |
person | a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party, stop talking about yourself in the third person |
first person | pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur |
second person | pronouns and verbs used to refer to the person addressed by the language in which they occur |
third person | pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur |
platform political platform political program program | a document stating the aims and principles of a political party, their candidate simply ignored the party platform, they won the election even though they offered no positive program |
political campaign campaign run | a race between candidates for elective office, I managed his campaign for governor, he is raising money for a Senate run |
party political party | an organization to gain political power, in Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level |
machine political machine | a group that controls the activities of a political party, he was endorsed by the Democratic machine |
political action committee PAC | committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates |
political unit political entity | a unit with political responsibilities |
political system form of government | the members of a social organization who are in power |
political movement | a group of people working together to achieve a political goal |
anomaly unusual person | a person who is unusual |
color-blind person | a person unable to distinguish differences in hue |
commoner common man common person | a person who holds no title |
female female person | a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies |
innocent inexperienced person | a person who lacks knowledge of evil |
juvenile juvenile person | a young person, not fully developed |
male male person | a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies |
nonreligious person | a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity |
primitive primitive person | a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization |
religious person | a person who manifests devotion to a deity |
unfortunate unfortunate person | a person who suffers misfortune |
unwelcome person persona non grata | a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome |
unpleasant person disagreeable person | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
unskilled person | a person who lacks technical training |
person of color person of colour | (formal) any non-European non-white person |
Black Black person blackamoor Negro Negroid | a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) |
colored person colored | a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive |
White White person Caucasian | a member of the Caucasoid race |
Oriental oriental person | a member of an Oriental race, the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) |