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Authority is commonly understood as the legitimate power of a person or group over other people. In a civil state, authority may be practiced by legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, each of which has authority and is an authority. The term "authority" has multiple nuances and distinctions within various academic fields ranging…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authority | is a | power to make decisions and the legitimacy to make such legal decisions and order their execution | 0.90 | text |
| Authority | is a | key concept to be defined in determining the range and role of political theory | 0.90 | text |
| Authority | is a | legitimate or socially approved power which one person or a group possesses and practices over another | 0.90 | text |
| selective privileging | instance of | reflecting individuals' own ideas through processes | 0.80 | text |
| and it is maintained through social recognition | instance of | reflecting individuals' own ideas through processes | 0.80 | text |
| particularly the acceptance of decisions made by clergy or religious leaders.Operation of religious authorityReligious authority operates through social processes | instance of | reflecting individuals' own ideas through processes | 0.80 | text |
| including creation | instance of | reflecting individuals' own ideas through processes | 0.80 | text |
| maintenance | instance of | reflecting individuals' own ideas through processes | 0.80 | text |
| and transformation | instance of | reflecting individuals' own ideas through processes | 0.80 | text |
| Authority | related to Children and authority attributes | The | 0.60 | section |
| Authority | related to Children and authority attributes | Children | 0.60 | section |
| Authority | related to Children and authority attributes | Although | 0.60 | section |
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