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clericalism
a policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters
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plank
an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
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economic policy
a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues
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social policy
a policy of for dealing with social issues
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party line
the policy of a political group
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foreign policy
a policy governing international relations
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zero-tolerance policy
any policy that allows no exception
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Zionism
a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine
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appeasement
a policy of pacifying an enemy or potential enemy by making concessions
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austerity
a policy of drastically reducing government spending
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nativism
a policy of favoring native-born inhabitants of a country rather than immigrants
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doctrine
a stated government policy, especially one dealing with foreign relations or military strategy
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scorched-earth policy
the military policy of destroying property and resources so that an advancing enemy cannot use them
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fiscal policy
a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)
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New Deal
the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt
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control
the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
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perestroika
an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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protectionism
the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition
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apartheid
a social policy of racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
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glasnost
a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
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social action
a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform)
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nativism
the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation)
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brinkmanship
the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
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imperialism
a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
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interference, intervention
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
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noninterference, nonintervention
a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
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nonaggression
a policy of not initiating hostilities
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isolationism
a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations
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Monroe Doctrine
an American foreign policy opposing interference in the western hemisphere from outside powers
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Truman doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
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neutralism
a policy of neutrality or nonalignment in international affairs
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regionalism
a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas
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national trading policy, trade policy
a government's policy controlling foreign trade
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appeasement
a policy of pacifying an enemy or potential enemy by making concessions
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stimulus
a set of measures designed to encourage the economy during an economic downturn