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The AllSides Red Blue Dictionary™ reveals how people across the political spectrum define, think and feel differently about the same term or issue.

Why do we need a Red Blue Dictionary?

Controversial terms — from "abortion" to "Zionism" — tend to shut down dialogue because they mean different things to different people. Until we fully understand what a term means to someone else, we don't know the issue and can't effectively communicate.

That’s where the Red Blue Dictionary comes in. We know that in order to have a good political conversation, it’s important that we are speaking the same language. It cuts the confusion and allows you to get to the important issues.

Browse issues and terms as defined across the political bias spectrum

Try popular terms: Freedom of Speech, Fake News, Gun Control, Racism, Abortion, Privilege, Microaggression. Or, dig into our entire dictionary below.

Read more about how the Red Blue Dictionary got started here. If you’re an educator who is interested in helping your students better navigate these nuanced terms, be sure to check out our Hot-Button Words lesson plan!

Dictionary

Abortion

Abstinence (Sex) Education

Acceptance

Activist

Affirmative Action

Affordable Care Act

Agreement

Ally

American

American Dream (The)

American Exceptionalism

American-Israeli Relationship

Anti-Gay

Atheism/Atheist

Authority

Bailout

Ballot Integrity

Belief/Believers

Biblical

Big Agriculture

Big Food

Big Health

Big Media

Big Pharma

Bigot

Biological

Bipartisan

Black Lives Matter

BLM (Bureau of Land Management/Department of Interior)

Capital Punishment/Death Penalty

Capitalism

Carbon Footprint

Centrist

Certainty

Change

Character

Charter Schools

Chastity

Choice

Christopher Columbus

Civility

Climate Skeptic - Climate Change Denier

Color Blindness

Coming Out

Communism

Communitarianism

Community

Compassion

Complex/Complicated

Comprehensive Sex Education

Compromise

Condoms

Confirmation Bias

Conflict

Conflict Improvement

Conflict Resolution

Consensus

Conversion Therapy/Reparative Therapy

Corruption

Debate

Deficit/National Debt

Democratic/Democracy

Dialogue

Direct Democracy

Disagreement Practice

Diversity

Drug Legalization

Economy

Electoral Reform

Environmentalist - Environmentalism

Equality

Equity

Euthanasia

Evolution

Extreme/Extremist

Facts

Fairness

Faith

Fake News

Family

Family Planning

Far Left

Far Right

Fascism

FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration)

Federal Government/Federal Power

Feminism

Forced Treatment

Fracking

Freedom

Freedom of Conscience

Freedom of Religion - Religious Freedom - Religious Liberty

Freedom of Speech

Gender

Gender Identity

GMO (Genetically Modified Organism)

Government

Government Assistance

Government Regulations

Great Depression (The)

Great Society (The)

Gridlock

Growth

Gun Rights

Hard Work

Hatred

Homophobia

Humanism

Identity

Illegals (Illegal Immigrants)

Immigration Reform

Inequality - Inequity

Integral Politics

Intelligent Design

International Law

Irrational

Israel

Left-Wing

LGBTQIA

Liar

Liar/Lying

Liberal

Libertarianism/ Libertarian Party

Liberty

Lifestyle Choice

Marijuana

Marriage

Marriage Equality

Marxist/Marxism

Microaggression

Mixed-orientation Marriage

Moderate

Money in Politics

Monogamy

Multiculturalism

National Defense & National Security

Objective/Objectivity

Oppression

Partisanship/Partisan

Patriotism/ Patriotic /Patriot

Peace

Personal Responsibility

Persuasion

Planned Parenthood

Police brutality

Politically Correct

Politics

Power

Prejudice

Private Property/Property Rights

Privilege

Pseudo-question

Public Education

Purity

Queer

Questions

Race

Racial Inequity

Racism - Racist

Radical

Rational

Recovery

Red/Blue Divide

Redistribution of Wealth

Refugee

Religion/Religious

Responsibilities

Right-Wing

Rights

Same Sex Attraction (SSA)

Scientific

Second Amendment Rights

Separation of Church and State

Service

Sexual Orientation

Sexuality

Simple/Simplistic

Sin

Single Payer - Socialized Medicine

Sitting with your Discomfort

Social Responsibility

Socialism

Spiritual Diversity

State Capitalism

Stem Cell Research

Sustainability/ Sustainable

Terrorism

Traditional Family

Treasonous Friendship

Treatment Outcomes

Trigger Warning

Trolls

Trustworthy Rival

Truth

Tyranny of Civility

U.S.S.R.

Unbiased

Virginity

Virtue

Voter Registration

War on Christmas

White Privilege

Wilderness

Women’s Rights

World Government (One)

Zionism

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Z

Abortion

Abstinence (Sex) Education

Acceptance

Activist

Affirmative Action

Affordable Care Act

Agreement

Ally

American

American Dream (The)

American Exceptionalism

American-Israeli Relationship

Anti-Gay

Atheism/Atheist

Authority