English
Etymology
From the adjective politic τα πολιτικά ( ta politiká , “ affairs of state ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: pol‧i‧tics
Noun
politics (countable and uncountable plural politics
( countable ) methodology and activities associated with running a government , an organization, or a movement.
1996 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 ) profession of conducting political affairs.
He made a career out of politics .
( treated as a plural noun ) Their politics are clear from the bumper stickers on their cars.
( uncountable ) diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, influence or conflict.
( in the singular , fandom slang ) We're trying to talk about comic books, don't mention politics .
Verb
politics
third-person singular simple present indicative of politic
Derived terms
Terms derived from politics
Terms etymologically related to politics
Translations
a methodology and activities associated with running a government
Abkhaz: аполитика ( apʼolitʼikʼa )
Afrikaans: politiek (af)
Albanian: politikë (sq) f
Amharic: ፖለቲካ ( polätika )
Arabic: سِيَاسَة (ar) f ( siyāsa )
Egyptian Arabic: سياسة f ( siyāsa )
Armenian: քաղաքականություն (hy) ( kʻaġakʻakanutʻyun )
Assamese: ৰাজনীতি ( razoniti )
Asturian: política f
Azerbaijani: siyasət (az) , politika (az)
Bashkir: сәйәсәт ( səyəsət ) , политика ( politika )
Basque: politika (eu)
Belarusian: палі́тыка (be) f ( palítyka )
Bengali: রাজনীতি (bn) ( rajniti )
Bulgarian: поли́тика (bg) f ( polítika )
Burmese: နိုင်ငံရေး (my) ( nuingngam-re: )
Buryat: улас түрэ ( ulas türe )
Catalan: política (ca) f
Chechen: политика ( politika )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 政治 ( zing3 zi6 )
Dungan: җынҗы ( žɨnžɨ )
Mandarin: 政治 (zh) ( zhèngzhì )
Min Nan: 政治 (zh-min-nan) ( chèng-tī )
Cornish: politegieth f
Crimean Tatar: siyaset
Czech: politika (cs) f
Danish: politik (da) c
Dutch: politiek (nl) f
Esperanto: politiko
Estonian: poliitika (et)
Finnish: politiikka (fi)
French: politique (fr) f
Galician: política (gl) f
Georgian: პოლიტიკა ( ṗoliṭiḳa )
German: Politik (de) f
Greek: πολιτική (el) f ( politikí )
Ancient: πολιτική f ( politikḗ )
Greenlandic: politikki
Gujarati: રાજકારણ ( rājkāraṇ )
Haitian Creole: politik
Hausa: siyasa (ha)
Hebrew: פּוֹלִיטִיקָה (he) f ( polítika )
Hindi: राजनीति (hi) f ( rājnīti ) , सियासत (hi) f ( siyāsat )
Hungarian: politika (hu)
Icelandic: stjórnmál (is) n pl
Indonesian: politik (id) , siasat (id) , siasah (id)
Interlingua: politica f
Irish: polaitíocht
Italian: politica (it) f
Japanese: 政治 (ja) ( せいじ, seiji )
Jarai: kơđi čar
Javanese: naya pulitik (jv)
Kalmyk: төршл ( törşl )
Kannada: ರಾಜಕೀಯ (kn) ( rājakīya )
Karachay-Balkar: политика ( politika )
Kazakh: саясат (kk) ( saäsat )
Khmer: នយោបាយ (km) ( nĕəʼyoobaay )
Korean: 정치(政治) (ko) ( jeongchi )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ramyarî (ku) , siyaset (ku) , rêzanî (ku) , polîtîka (ku)
Kyrgyz: саясат (ky) ( sayasat ) , политика ( politika )
Lao: ການເມືອງ (lo) ( kān mư̄ang )
Latin: cīvīlitās f
Latvian: politika f
Lithuanian: politika (lt) f
Macedonian: политика f ( politika )
Malay: politik (ms) , siasah (ms)
Malayalam: രാഷ്ട്രീയം (ml) ( rāṣṭrīyaṁ )
Maltese: politika f
Manchu: ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠨ ( dasan )
Maori: tōrangapū
Marathi: राजकारण (mr) ( rājkāraṇ )
Moksha: политиксь ( poľiťikś ) , политика ( poľiťika )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: улс төр ( uls tör )
Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⴰⵙⵔⵜⵉⵜ f ( tasrtit )
Nepali: राजनीति (ne) ( rājanīti )
Norman: politique f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: politikk (no) m
Nynorsk: politikk (no) m
Okinawan: 政治 ( しーじ, shiiji )
Oriya: ରାଜନୀତି (or) ( rājaniti )
Oromo: siyaasa
Ossetian: политикӕ ( politikæ )
Pashto: سياست (ps) m ( seyāsát )
Persian: سیاست (fa) ( siyâsat ) , پلیتیک ( politik )
Polish: polityka (pl) f
Portuguese: política (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸਿਆਸਤ (pa) ( siāsat ) , ਰਾਜਨੀਤੀ ( rājnītī )
Romanian: politică (ro) f
Russian: поли́тика (ru) f ( polítika )
Rusyn: полі́тіка f ( polítika )
Scottish Gaelic: sluagh-iùl m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: полѝтика f
Roman: polìtika (sh) f
Sinhalese: රාජනීතිය ( rājanītiya )
Slovak: politika f
Slovene: politika (sl) f
Somali: siyaasadda
Spanish: política (es) f
Swahili: siasa (sw)
Swedish: politik (sv) c
Tagalog: politika (tl)
Tajik: сиёсат (tg) ( siyosat ) , политика ( politika )
Tamil: அரசியல் (ta) ( araciyal )
Tatar: сәясәт (tt) ( säyasät ) , политика ( politika )
Telugu: రాజకీయాలు (te) ( rājakīyālu )
Thai: การเมือง (th) ( gaan-mʉʉang )
Tibetan: སྲིད་དོན ( srid don ) , ཆབ་སྲིད ( chab srid )
Tigrinya: ፖለቲካ ( polätika )
Turkish: politika (tr) , siyaset (tr)
Turkmen: syýasat (tk) , politika
Ukrainian: полі́тика (uk) f ( polítyka )
Urdu: سیاست f ( siyāsat ) , راجنیتی f ( rājnīti ) ,
Uyghur: سىياسەت (ug) ( siyaset )
Uzbek: siyosat (uz) , politika (uz)
Vietnamese: chính trị (vi) (政治
Welsh: gwleidyddiaeth (cy) f
Yakut: бэлиитикэ ( beliitike ) , политика ( politika )
Yiddish: פּאָליטיק f ( politik )
Yoruba: ìṣèlú
Further reading
“politics ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “politics ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC
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