| 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 whim or caprice instead of from a rule or reason. [1/3 definitions] |
| -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 |
a law or rule that prohibits. [1/3 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. [1/3 definitions] |
| comply |
to act in agreement with or obedience to a wish, request, requirement, or rule (often fol. by "with"). |
| correct |
conforming to a rule or standard. [1/5 definitions] |
| -cracy |
rule; government. |
| curfew |
a rule or law that establishes a time after which everyone, or everyone of a particular class or group, must be off the street and inside for the night. [1/2 definitions] |
| czarism |
autocratic rule; tyranny. |
| dead letter |
any law, rule, or the like that is still on the books but is no longer enforced. [1/2 definitions] |