politician Definition
poli·ti·cian (päl′ə tis̸h′ən)
noun
- 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.
- a person skilled or experienced in practical politics or political science
politician Synonyms
politician
n.
One who follows politics professionally
officeholder, office seeker, party man, partisan, legislator, lawmaker, lawgiver, congressman, member of parliament, MP, bureaucrat, politico. A statesman
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.
Browse dictionary entries near politician
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