You needn't look too far within the realm of social sciences to find jargon being used to convey precise nuance: liberal democracy versus illiberal democracy

You needn't look too far within the realm of social sciences to find jargon being used to convey precise nuance: liberal democracy versus illiberal democracy majoritarian electoral system versus a consociational electoral system Complain all you want about the comparative politics branch of political science being descriptive, but its qualitative analysis does offer a useful framework for reasoning with the world and its outcomes.