| African National Congress |
South African political party founded in 1912, whose struggle to establish majority rule and eliminate apartheid led to the establishment in 1994 of South Africa's first multi-racial, democratically-elected government. |
| ANC |
abbreviation of "African National Congress," South African political party founded in 1912, whose struggle to establish majority rule and eliminate apartheid led to the establishment in 1994 of South Africa's first multi-racial, democratically-elected government. |
| anomalous |
differing from the norm, standard, or common type or rule; abnormal. [1/2 definitions] |
| arbitrary |
resulting from personal opinions, wishes, or feelings instead of from a rule or reason. |
| -archy |
government; rule. |
| aristocrat |
one who advocates rule or government by such a class. [1/3 definitions] |
| autarchy |
absolute power to rule; absolute sovereignty; autocracy. [1/3 definitions] |
| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. [1/2 definitions] |
| ban1 |
to forbid or have an official rule against; prohibit. [2 definitions] |
| Benedictine |
a member of a Roman Catholic order of monks or nuns following the rule of St. Benedict. [1/2 definitions] |
| caliper rule |
a graduated rule with one jaw that slides and one that is fixed. |
| caliphate |
the area ruled, length of rule, or office of a caliph. |
| canoness |
a Christian woman who is a member of a community living by a rule, but who has not taken vows. |
| Cistercian |
a member of an order of monks and nuns who follow the Benedictine rule. |
| colonize |
to establish a settlement on (a distant territory) and begin to rule. |
| comply |
to do what is asked or demanded; act in agreement with a rule (sometimes followed by "with"). |
| conform |
to act in a way that agrees with a rule or standard. |
| correct |
agreeing with a rule or accepted way of doing things; proper. [1/5 definitions] |
| -cracy |
rule; government. |
| curfew |
a rule or law that sets a time after which everyone must be off the street and inside for the night. Curfews sometimes apply only to a particular group, such as young people. |
| czarism |
autocratic rule; tyranny. |