realpolitik

(rā äl′pô′lə tēk′)

noun

foreign policy determined by expediency rather than ethics or world opinion; power politics

Origin: Ger

See realpolitik in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A usually expansionist national policy having as its sole principle advancement of the national interest.

Origin:

Origin: German

Origin: : real, practical (from Late Latin reālis, real; see real ¹)

Origin: + Politik, politics (from French politique, political, policy; see politic)

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