presidencies
Terms in office
Presidencies is the plural of presidency, the office or term of a president.
The word appears when discussing multiple terms or multiple holders of the office: The presidencies of Lincoln and FDR bookend a transformative century.
It also covers the abstract institution across time: a history of American presidencies.
Formal beginning ceremony
- termFixed period or word
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- incumbencyHolding an official position
- reelectionVoting someone back in
succession · impeachment · swearing-in · oath · lame-duck · legacy · transition · handover
Senior organizational leader
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- policyAdopted principle of action
legislation · regulation · diplomacy · oversight · mandate · reform · veto · treaty
Organized efforts toward goals
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
- partiesOrganized social gatherings
delegates · caucuses · platforms · constituents · lobbying · coalitions · polls · landslide
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- democracyRule by the people
- republicState with elected leaders
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
union · commonwealth · capitol · senate · judiciary
Power to enforce obedience
- influencePower to affect others
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- controlAuthority to direct
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
jurisdiction · clout · leverage · dominance · supremacy · hegemony · ascendancy · predominance
Ability to see
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
- directionWay something faces
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
accountability · delegation · address · speechmaking · diplomacy · commander-in-chief · figurehead · stewardship
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- termFixed period or word
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- incumbencyHolding an official position
reelection · succession · impeachment · swearing-in · oath · lame-duck · legacy · transition · handover · term-limit
executive
Senior organizational leader
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
policy · legislation · regulation · diplomacy · oversight · mandate · reform · veto · treaty · protocol
campaigns
Organized efforts toward goals
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
- votingFormally registering a choice
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
parties · delegates · caucuses · platforms · constituents · lobbying · coalitions · polls · landslide · ticket
constitution
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- democracyRule by the people
- republicState with elected leaders
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
federation · union · commonwealth · capitol · senate · judiciary
authority
Power to enforce obedience
sovereignty · jurisdiction · clout · leverage · dominance · supremacy · hegemony · ascendancy · predominance · decree
vision
Ability to see
decision-making · accountability · delegation · address · speechmaking · diplomacy · commander-in-chief · figurehead · stewardship
- British IndiaBritish Raj, East India Company, viceroy, Raj, governor-general
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- timelinestimelines, chronology, chronologies, time periods, historical periods
presidenciesmonarchies
States with hereditary rulers
kingships · reigns · sultanates · emirates · principalities
presidenciesjuntas
Groups ruling after coups
triumvirates · politburos · directorates · committees · parliaments
presidenciesdictatorships
Regimes under absolute rulers
tyrannies · autocracies · monarchies · absolute monarchies · hereditary rule
president, preside, presidency, presidents, presidential, presiding, presided, presides, presider