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Ruin of one's own interests. "Intestine war, which may be justly called political suicide." V. Knox.

Capacity for swallowing; voracity. There being nothing too gross for the swallow of political rancor. Prof. Wilson.

cticed by the French Confédération Générale du Travail) which aims to abolish the present political and social system by means of the general strike (as distinguished from the local or sectional strike) and direct action of whatever kind (as distinguished from action which takes effect only through the medium of politi…

Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club.

A political union, confederation, or league. [R.] Burke.

aining to or designating a dynasty with which one Hung-Siu- Chuen, a half-religious, half-political enthusiast, attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty by the Taiping rebellion, incited by him in 1850 and suppressed by General Gordon about 1864.

Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.

Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts. Lords temporal. See under Lord, n. -- Temporal augment. See the Note under Augment, n.

The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.

nt of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.

the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions. Bentham.

trinsic value. See Note under Value, 2. Value in use is utility, and nothing else, and in political economy should be called by that name and no other. F. A. Walker.

Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks.

A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse. Withouten vice of syllable or letter. Chaucer. Mark the vice of the procedure. Sir W. Hamilton.

unconditionally destined to be paid out in wages. It was formerly held, by Mill and other political economists, that the average rate of wages in any country at any time depended upon the relation of the wages fund to the number of laborers. This theory has been greatly modified by the discovery of other conditions aff…

A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc. [U.S.]

Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc. Specifically: -

One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parli…

o pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer. Political wire-pullers and convention packers. Lowell.

person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies. The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. Cowper.