1. agitprop: (a) a revolutionary doctrine by which workers seize control of the economy and the government by direct means (as a general strike); (b) political propaganda promulgated chiefly in literature, drama, music, or art; (c) the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group; (d) one holding office in a government or political party.
2. punditocracy: (a) lack of flexibility and initiative combined with excessive adherence to regulations in the behavior of usually government officials; (b) a system by which appointments and promotions in the civil service are based on competence rather than political favoritism; (c) government by the wealthy; (d) a group of powerful and influential political commentators.
3. duopoly: (a) a political theory that absolute power should be vested in one or more rulers; (b) a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power; (c) a territory historically or ethnically related to one political unit but under the political control of another; (d) preponderant influence or control by two political powers.
4. goo-goo: (a) a member or advocate of a political reform movement; (b) one characterized by political deviation; (c) jargon held to be characteristic of government officials; (d) intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite.
5. roorback: (a) a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics; (b) a defamatory falsehood published for political effect; (c) a former liberal espousing political conservatism; (d) a period during which the normal functions of government or control are suspended.
6. groupuscule: (a) a government in which power is vested in two rulers or authorities; (b) a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; (c) a small group of political activists; (d) an all-powerful government or organization monitoring and directing people's actions.
7. kleptocracy: (a) government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the expense of the governed; (b) the view that politics is amoral and that any means however unscrupulous can justifiably be used in achieving political power; (c) a seeking to deprive usually political enemies of position or influence; (d) an arrangement in which the financial holdings of a person in an influential position (as a government official) are placed in the control of a fiduciary in order to avoid a possible conflict of interest.
8. gynecocracy: (a) the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes; (b) political supremacy of women; (c) a political theory holding all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a society based on voluntary cooperation and free association of individuals and groups; (d) organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests.
9. come-outer: (a) to travel from place to place making brief stops (as in a political campaign or a promotional tour); (b) an unscrupulous adventurer especially in politics or business; (c) a political candidate unexpectedly nominated usually as a compromise between factions; (d) a person who advocates political reform.
10. particularism: (a) partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications; (b) a theory of government based on functional rather than territorial representation; (c) a political theory that each political group has a right to promote its own interests and especially independence without regard to the interests of larger groups; (d) a policy of national isolation by abstention from alliances and other international political and economic relations.