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initiative
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 initiative
Readiness to embark on bold new ventures.
synoniemen: enterprise, enterprisingness, go-ahead.
Roget 737b:
politics;
political science;
candidacy,
campaign,
campaigning,
electioneering;
partisanship,
ideology,
factionalism.
election,
poll,
ballot,
vote,
referendum,
recall,
initiative,
voice,
suffrage,
plumper,
cumulative vote,
plebiscitum [Lat.],
plebiscite,
vox populi;
electioneering;
voting
etc.
v.;
elective franchise;
straight ticket [U.S.];
opinion poll,
popularity poll.
issue;
opinion,
stand,
position;
program,
platform;
party line.
[ideologies]
democracy,
republicanism;
communism,
statism,
state socialism;
socialism;
conservatism,
toryism;
liberalism,
whigism;
theocracy;
constitutional monarchy.
[political parties]
party
etc.
712;
[U.S: Political parties list],
Democratic Party,
Republican Party,
Socialist Party;
Communist Party;
[U.S. defunct parties: list],
Federalist Party,
Bull Moose Party,
Abolitionist Party;
[Germany: list],
Christian Democratic Party,
Social Democratic Party;
National Socialist Worker's Party;
[Germany, 1930-1945],
Nazi Party;
[Great Britain:list],
Liberal Party,
Labor Party,
Conservative Party.
ticket,
slate.
[person active in politics]
politician
activist;
[specific politicians: list],
candidate,
aspirant,
hopeful,
office-seeker,
front-runner,
dark horse,
long shot,
shoo-in;
supporter,
backer,
political worker,
campaign worker;
lobbyist,
contributor;
party hack,
ward heeler;
regional candidate,
favorite son;
running mate,
stalking horse;
perpetual candidate,
political animal.
political contribution,
campaign contribution;
political action committee,
PAC.
political district,
electoral division,
electoral district,
bailiwick.
electorate,
constituents.
get-out-the-vote campaign,
political education.
negative campaigning,
dirty politics,
smear campaign.
[unsuccessful candidate]
also-ran,
loser;
has-been.
[successful candidate]
office holder,
official,
occupant of a position;
public servant,
incumbent;
winner.
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Nederlands: handelingsdrang, ondernemingsdrang, initiatief, ondernemingszin, ondernemingsgeest
2 initiative
The first of a series of actions.
synoniemen: first step, opening, opening move.
Roget 66:
beginning,
commencement,
opening,
outset,
incipience,
inception,
inchoation†;
introduction
etc.
(precursor)
64;
alpha,
initial;
inauguration,
debut,
le premier pas,
embarcation [Fr.],
rising of the curtain;
maiden speech;
outbreak,
onset,
brunt;
initiative,
move,
first move;
narrow end of the wedge,
thin end of the wedge;
fresh start,
new departure.
origin
etc.
(cause)
153;
source,
rise;
bud,
germ
etc.
153;
egg,
rudiment;
genesis,
primogenesis†,
birth,
nativity,
cradle,
infancy;
start,
inception,
creation,
starting point
etc.
293;
dawn
etc.
(morning)
125;
evolution.
title-page;
head,
heading;
van
etc.
(front)
234;
caption,
fatihah†.
entrance,
entry;
inlet,
orifice,
mouth,
chops,
lips,
porch,
portal,
portico,
propylon†,
door;
gate,
gateway;
postern,
wicket,
threshold,
vestibule;
propylaeum†;
skirts,
border
etc.
(edge)
231.
first stage,
first blush,
first glance,
first impression,
first sight.
rudiments,
elements,
outlines,
grammar,
alphabet,
ABC.
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Nederlands: aanstichting, initiatief
Pools: zrobienie pierwszego kroku
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 initiative
Serving to set in motion:
— The initiative phase in the negotiations.
synoniemen: first, inaugural, initiatory, maiden.
Roget 66:
beginning
etc.
v.;
initial,
initiatory,
initiative;
inceptive,
introductory,
incipient;
proemial†,
inaugural;
inchoate,
inchoative†;
embryonic,
rudimental;
primogenial†;
primeval,
primitive,
primordial
etc.
(old)
124;
aboriginal;
natal,
nascent.
first,
foremost,
leading;
maiden.
begun
etc.
v.;
just begun
etc.
v..
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Pools: inicjacyjny
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