Definition of 'politics'
1. plural noun
2. See also party politics
3. plural noun [usually with poss]
Your politics are your beliefs about how a country ought to be governed.
Synonyms: political beliefs, party politics, political allegiances, political leanings More Synonyms of politics
5. plural noun
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politics in British English
noun
1. (functioning as singular)
the practice or study of the art and science of forming, directing, and administrating states and other political units; the art and science of government; political science
2. (functioning as singular)
the complex or aggregate of relationships of people in society, esp those relationships involving authority or power
5. (functioning as singular or plural)
any activity concerned with the acquisition of power, gaining one's own ends, etc
company politics are frequently vicious
6. (functioning as plural)
his conservative politics
7. (functioning as plural)
a.
b.
the civil functions of government as distinguished from the military
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politics in American English
plural noun
1.
the science and art of political government; political science
2.
political affairs
3.
the conducting of or participation in political affairs, often as a profession
4.
5.
political opinions, principles, or party connections
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politics in American English
(ˈpɑlɪtɪks)
noun (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
1.
the science or art of political government
2.
the practice or profession of conducting political affairs
3.
political affairs
The advocated reforms have become embroiled in politics
4.
political methods or maneuvers
We could not approve of his politics in winning passage of the bill
5.
political principles or opinions
We avoided discussion of religion and politics
His politics are his own affair
6.
7. (cap; italics)
a treatise (4th century b.c.) by Aristotle, dealing with the structure, organization, and administration of the state, esp. the city-state as known in ancient Greece
8. See play politics
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Politics is the art of the possible
A week is a long time in politics
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatableAmbassador's Journal
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed
Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things
politics: a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantageThe Devil's Dictionary
Politics makes strange bedfellows
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politics
British English: politics
/ˈpɒlɪtɪks/ NOUN
Politics is the actions or activities concerned with achieving and using power in a country or organization.
He was involved in local politics.
- American English: politics /ˈpɒlɪtɪks/
- Arabic: عِلْمُ السِّياسَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: política
- Chinese: 政治
- Croatian: politika
- Czech: politika
- Danish: politik
- Dutch: politiek
- European Spanish: política
- Finnish: politiikka
- French: politique
- German: Politik
- Greek: πολιτική
- Italian: politica
- Japanese: 政治
- Korean: 정치학
- Norwegian: politikk
- Polish: polityka
- European Portuguese: política
- Romanian: politică
- Russian: политика
- Latin American Spanish: política doctrina
- Swedish: politik
- Thai: การเมือง
- Turkish: politika
- Ukrainian: політика
- Vietnamese: chính trị
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