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politician Definition

poli·ti·cian (päl′ə tis̸h′ən)

noun

  1. a person actively engaged in politics, esp. party politics, professionally or otherwise; often, a person holding or seeking political office: frequently used in a derogatory sense, with implications of seeking personal or partisan gain, scheming, opportunism, etc.
  2. a person skilled or experienced in practical politics or political science

Etymology: politic & -ian

politician Synonyms

politician

n.

  1. One who follows politics professionally

    officeholder, office seeker, party man, partisan, legislator, lawmaker, lawgiver, congressman, member of parliament, MP, bureaucrat, politico.

  2. A statesman

    diplomat, lawmaker, governmental leader; see statesman.

  3. One who plays politics

    agitator, demagogue, timeserver, political panderer, poser, rabble rouser, baby-kisser*, arm-waver*, spoilsmonger*, Man on Horseback*.

politician Usage Examples

Preposition: of

persuasion: I wasn't even sure common ground was possible with career politicians of any persuasion.

Converse of subject

condemn: The total pay out of £ 100,000 has been condemned by unionist politicians.

Converse of object

  • elect: Use the links below to locate the details of elected politicians in your local area.
  • lobby: In 2004, with Paul Moreira, he launched a freedom of information act ( FOIA ) campaign to lobby French politicians.
  • persuade: They show that the Serbian politicians tried to persuade the Bosnian Serb politicians to accept the Plan.
  • remind: And I need hardly remind the politicians present of the consequences of failing to listen to those whom they serve.
  • criticize: The Economist and other publications should be free to criticize Italian politicians.
  • believe: I don't believe a politician had ever written for Melody Maker previously.

Adjective modifier

  • corrupt: That leaves the common people, the real enemy of corrupt politicians.
  • Unionist: Wednesday 2 July 1986 Unionist politicians established their own version of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast City Hall.
  • elected: If we are a representative democracy, then the make up of our elected politicians should reflect the diversity of the population.
  • Conservative: There really are Conservative politicians who have spent the past four years waiting for Labor to put up income tax or renationalise British Telecom.
  • right-wing: Right-wing politician Christoph Blocher hailed the result of Sunday's referendum, saying, " The Swiss people cannot be blackmailed.

Noun used with modifier

  • unionist: The total pay out of £ 100,000 has been condemned by unionist politicians.
  • opposition: A good fairy story As the General Election approaches opposition politicians are talking about regulatory excesses.
  • wing: Right wing politicians used to be fond of pointing to Hong Kong as the last bastion of the absolute free market.
  • ruling: The ruling politicians were convinced that thy did not need the intellectuals as anything else but a tame, quiet backround decoration.
  • career: I wasn't even sure common ground was possible with career politicians of any persuasion.
  • labor: If you wish to name an invertebrate or a labor politician after me, feel free.