| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| increase in power, influence, stature, reputation |
aggrandize
,
elevate
,
enhance
,
exalt
|
| importance increase in power, influence, stature, reputation |
aggrandizement
|
| particular environment or surrounding influence |
ambiance
,
ambience
,
atmosphere
|
| surrounding area of influence |
ambit
,
compass
,
milieu
,
orbit
,
scope
,
sphere
|
| adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest |
amicus curiae
,
friend of the court
|
| Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason; Boethius had a decisive influence on medieval logic (circa 480-524) |
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
,
Boethius
|
| influence, position of |
ascendancy
,
dominance
,
preeminence
|
| influence, susceptible to |
biddable
,
cooperative
,
docile
,
ductile
,
flexible
,
malleable
,
pliable
,
tractable
|
| commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies |
big business
|
| detrimental influence |
blight
|
| state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power |
bondage
|
| influence with an ideology, forceful |
brainwashing
,
indoctrination
|
| payment to influence someone's views or conduct |
bribe
|
| influence with money |
bribe
|
| interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court) |
broad interpretation
,
judicial activism
|
| pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of |
canker
,
pestilence
|
| United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955) |
Carnegie
,
Dale Carnegie
|
| motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode |
cataphoresis
,
dielectrolysis
,
electrophoresis
,
ionophoresis
|
| influence of charm and personality |
charisma
|
| personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others |
charisma
,
personal appeal
,
personal magnetism
|
