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poli·tics (päl′ə tiks)

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. political methods, tactics, etc.; sometimes, specif., crafty or unprincipled methods
  5. political opinions, principles, or party connections
  6. factional scheming for power and status within a group office politics

Etymology: polit(ic) + -ics

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politics

n.

  1. Political science

    government, statesmanship, diplomacy, practical government, functional government, domestic affairs, internal affairs, foreign affairs, matters of state, Realpolitik (German), political realism.

  2. The business of obtaining public office

    campaigning, getting votes, seeking nomination, electioneering, being up for election*, running for office*, standing to run*, throwing one's hat in the ring*, stumping the country*, taking the stump*.


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politics Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • envy: Talk of inequality sounds like the old politics of envy.

Converse of object

  • dominate: He also explains how the British came to dominate the politics of the gulf region to the exclusion of virtually all other European powers.

Adjective modifier

  • British: Such a dynamic is entirely new in British politics.

Noun used with modifier

  • identity: A get-together at Chelsea College of Art which appears to pit ' identity politics for artists ' against global capitalism.
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politics quotes

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

-Adams, Henry Brooks

Practical politics consists in ignoring the facts.

-Adams, Henry Brooks

I agree with you that in politics the middle way is none at all.

-Adams,John

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