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Revision as of 05:28, 8 September 2023
See also: polítics
English
Etymology
From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τα πολιτικά (ta politiká, “affairs of state”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pol‧i‧tics
Noun
politics (countable and uncountable, plural politics)
- (countable) A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement.
- 1996, Jan Jindy Pettman, Worlding Women: A feminist international politics, page ix-x:
- There are by now many feminisms (Tong, 1989; Humm, 1992). [...] They are in shifting alliance or contest with postmodern critiques, which at times seem to threaten the very category 'women' and its possibilities for a feminist politics.
- (countable) The profession of conducting political affairs.
- He made a career out of politics.
- (treated as a plural noun) One's political stands and opinions.
- Their politics are clear from the bumper stickers on their cars.
- (uncountable) Political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, standing, influence or conflict.
- 1999, George Lucas, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, spoken by Senator Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid):
- There is no stability; only politics. The Republic is not what it once was. The Senate is full of greedy, squabbling delegates. There is no interest in the common good.
- (in the singular, fandom slang) Real-world beliefs and social issues irrelevant to the topic at hand.
- We're trying to talk about comic books, don't mention politics.
Verb
politics
- third-person singular simple present indicative of politic
Derived terms
- agri-politics
- all politics are local
- all politics is local
- a week is a long time in politics
- dog-whistle politics
- dog whistle politics
- geopolitics
- gesture politics
- high politics
- identity politics
- low politics
- necropolitics
- ostrich politics
- palace politics
- palace-politics
- parish pump politics
- party politics
- petropolitics
- play politics
- politic
- political
- politician
- politicize
- power politics
- respectability politics
- retail politics
- rubber stamp politics
- sexual politics
- wedge politics
Related terms
Translations
a methodology and activities associated with running a government
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Further reading
- “politics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “politics”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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