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  1. Political colours are colours used to represent a political ideology, movement or party, either officially or unofficially. [1] They represent the intersection of colour symbolism and political symbolism.

    • What Does Left Mean?
    • What Does Right Mean?
    • The Origin of Left and Right in Politics
    • What Does It Mean to Be in The Center?

    In politics, the word left is applied to people and groups that have liberal views. That generally means they support progressivereforms, especially those seeking greater social and economic equality. The term far left is often used to refer to those who are considered to have more extreme, revolutionary views, such as those who espouse communism a...

    The word right, in contrast, refers to people or groups that have conservativeviews. That generally means they are disposed to preserving existing conditions and institutions. Or, they want to restore traditional ones and limit change. The term far right is often used for more extreme, nationalistic viewpoints, including fascism and some oppressive...

    The origin of the political left and rightdo actually have to with the physical directions, left and right. Time for a history lesson. Left and right originally referred to seating positions in the 1789 French National Assembly, the parliament France formed after the French Revolution. Relative to the viewpoint of the speaker (chair) of this assemb...

    Seating positions closer to the center of the 1789 French National Assembly likewise became associated with moderate positions, which is what the word centernow conveys in the context of politics. In other word, people who consider themselves in the center favor moderate positions—those not too far toward either end of the spectrum. People holding ...

  2. What's the difference between Conservative and Liberal? The epithet conservative or liberal is used to describe political and economic views and affiliations. The meaning of 'conservative' or 'liberal' could be different in different contexts - social, economic and political. They also differ in usage in differ...

  3. This is a partial list of symbols and labels used by political parties, groups or movements around the world. Some symbols are associated with one or more worldwide ideologies and used by many parties that support a particular ideology. Others are region or country-specific.

  4. Sep 20, 2016 · Use our A-Z guide to find out more about some of the well-used but often misunderstood terms in US politics.

  5. Aug 3, 2016 · We explain the political terms conservative, moderate, liberal, progressive, and radical and how they are used in different contexts. Specifically we’ll look at how these terms work as political qualifiers to denote specific ideologies such as: progressive left-wing social liberal populist, or moderate right-wing pro-business conservative.

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  7. What does the noun sliver mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun sliver . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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