about-face volte-face reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
perspective linear perspective | the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer |
defense program defense policy defence program defence policy | a program for defending a country against its enemies |
tax program tax policy | a program for setting taxes |
policy | a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group, it was a policy of retribution, a politician keeps changing his policies |
beggar-my-neighbor policy beggar-my-neighbour policy beggar-my-neighbor strategy beggar-my-neighbour strategy | a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others, used especially of national policy, the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy |
position view perspective | a way of regarding situations or topics etc., consider what follows from the positivist view |
policy insurance policy insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
floater floating policy | an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location |
policy | a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government, they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation |
economic policy | a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues |
fiscal policy | a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing) |
social policy | a policy of for dealing with social issues |
foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
trade policy national trading policy | a government's policy controlling foreign trade |
open-door policy open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
zero-tolerance policy | any policy that allows no exception, a zero-tolerance policy toward pedophile priests |
contradiction contradiction in terms | (logic) a statement that is necessarily false, the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction |
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine DFLP Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine PDFLP | a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change, in the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren |
Khmer Rouge KR Party of Democratic Kampuchea Communist Party of Kampuchea | a communist organization formed in Cambodia in , became a terrorist organization in when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people, was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until |
Council on Environmental Policy | the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment |
Democratic Party | the older of two major political parties in the United States |
Democratic-Republican Party | a former major political party in the United States in the early th century, opposed the old Federalist party, favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government |
Social Democratic Party | a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late th century, originally Marxist, now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism |
States' Rights Democratic Party Dixiecrats | a former political party in the United States, formed in by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman |
Algeria Algerie Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria | a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim, colonized by France in the th century but gained autonomy in the early s |
Sri Lanka Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Ceylon | a republic on the island of Ceylon, became independent of the United Kingdom in |
Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire Belgian Congo | a republic in central Africa, achieved independence from Belgium in |
East Germany German Democratic Republic | a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic, established by the Soviet Union in , reunified with West Germany in |
Ethiopia Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Yaltopya Abyssinia | Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea, formerly called Abyssinia |
North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea D.P.R.K. DPRK | a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, established in |
Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic | a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia, achieved independence from France in |
Sao Tome and Principe Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome e Principe Sao Thome e Principe St. Thomas and Principe | island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa, achieved independence from Portugal in , has enormous offshore oil reserves |
policy maker | someone who sets the plan pursued by a government or business etc., policy makers often make the right decision for the wrong reason |
price terms damage | the amount of money needed to purchase something, the price of gasoline, he got his new car on excellent terms, how much is the damage? |
footing terms | status with respect to the relations between people or groups, on good terms with her in-laws, on a friendly footing |
negociate negotiate talk terms | discuss the terms of an arrangement, They negotiated the sale of the house |
democratic popular | representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large, democratic art forms, a democratic or popular movement, popular thought, popular science, popular fiction |
democratic | characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality, democratic government, a democratic country, a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords- George du Maurier |
policy-making | concerned with policy, not administration |
Democratic | belong to or relating to the Democratic Party, Democratic senator |