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noun
A chart plotted on two axes — "attitude toward the state" and "attitude toward planned social progress" — used to visualize a person's political philosophy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Developed by American science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle in his 1963 dissertation in political science.
