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Pournelle chart

Pournelle chart 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.

Noun

Pournelle chart (plural Pournelle charts)

  1. A chart plotted on two axes — "attitude toward the state" and "attitude toward planned social progress" — used to visualize a person's political philosophy.

Forms of Pournelle chart

pluralPournelle charts

Origin of Pournelle chart

Developed by American science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle in his 1963 dissertation in political science.

Questions about Pournelle chart

What does Pournelle chart mean?
Pournelle chart means a chart plotted on two axes — "attitude toward the state" and "attitude toward planned social progress" — used to visualize a person's political philosophy.
What part of speech is Pournelle chart?
Pournelle chart is a noun.
What is the plural of Pournelle chart?
The plural of Pournelle chart is Pournelle charts.

Words near Pournelle chart in the dictionary

  1. pouringly
  2. pourings
  3. pourlieu
  4. pourlieus
  5. Pournelle
  6. Pournelle chart
  7. Pournelle charts
  8. Pournelle's law
  9. Pournelles
  10. pourover
  11. pourovers

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