politician

English

Alternative forms

• polititian (obsolete)

Etymology

From politic +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑləˈtɪʃ(ə)n/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

politician (plural politicians)

1. One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official.

   Synonyms: (dated, colloquial or dialect) politicker, (informal) pol, (informal) politico

   Politicians should serve the country's interest.

   • 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith‎^[1], Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, page 3:

     WHEN the mental growth of a man in public life ceases, he ought, for the sake of the community, to retire. Most of our mediocre or unsuccessful Presidents were slipping downhill mentally before they took office. Lincoln, Cleveland, Roosevelt, Wilson, and Coolidge broadened and strengthened as the years went by.
     By the same token, some men, unused to politics, become mere politicians when elevated to high office, while other men, brought up in the game of politics, rise superior to their environment.

   • 2013 August 31, “The Satirical Verses”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8851:

     It is not just politicians who find aspects of the explosion in satire unwelcome. Thanks to the internet, professional purveyors of the stuff face a lot more competition. For once, the joke is at their expense. A niche craft practised by a talented few has turned into a globally popular hobby, and what was once considered audacious commentary is now mainstream.

2. Specifically, one who regards elected political office as a career.

   Unlike the other candidates, I'm not a politician.

   • 1996, Tom Clancy, Executive Orders, →ISBN, page 438:

     I never wanted to be one, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm not a politician now. Am I the best man for this job? Probably not. I am, however, the President of the United States, […]

3. A politically active or interested person.

   Only real politicians are interested in this issue.

   • 1863, “The Fountain Kloof”, in The Sunday at Home, page 211:

     You used to be such a politician. Do you remember the debates we held in Fitzroy's rooms?

4. A sly or ingratiating person.

   There is a politician in every office.

   • 1969, David E. Sanford, My Village, My World, page 90:

     Mrs. Dimitriou blushed at the compliment. "Antonios, you are such a politician," her husband chuckled.

Hyponyms

• politard
• Thesaurus:politician

Derived terms

• antipolitician
• career politician
• Europolitician
• geopolitician
• gynotician
• identity politician
• machine politician
• metapolitician
• militician
• nonpolitician
• politainer
• politicianese
• politicianess
• politicianlike
• politicianly
• politicianship
• politicianspeak
• pollie
• pollutician
• power politician
• professional politician
• realpolitician

 

Translations

one engaged in politics

• Afrikaans: politikus
• Albanian: burrë shtet m, politikan (sq) m, zyrtar (sq) m, zyrtare f
• Arabic: سِيَاسِيّ m (siyāsiyy), سِيَاسِيَّة (ar) f (siyāsiyya)
• Armenian: քաղաքական գործիչ (kʻaġakʻakan gorcičʻ)
• Asturian: políticu m
• Azerbaijani: siyasətçi
• Bashkir: сәйәсмән (səyəsmən), сәйәсәтсе (səyəsətse)
• Basque: politikari
• Belarusian: палі́тык m (palítyk), палі́тычка f (palítyčka)
• Bengali: রাজনীতিজ্ঞ (bn) (rajnitijno)
• Bulgarian: полити́к m (politík), полити́чка f (politíčka)
• Burmese: နိုင်ငံရေးသမား (my) (nuingngam-re:sa.ma:)
• Catalan: polític (ca) m, política (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 政治家 (zing³ zi⁶ gaa¹)

  Mandarin: 政治家 (zh) (zhèngzhìjiā), 從政者／从政者 (cóngzhèngzhě), (derogatory) 政客 (zh) (zhèngkè)

• Corsican: puliticu m, pulitica f
• Crimean Tatar: siyasetçi
• Czech: politik (cs) m, politička (cs) f
• Danish: politiker (da) c
• Dutch: politicus (nl) m, politica (nl) f
• Esperanto: politikisto
• Estonian: poliitik
• Finnish: poliitikko (fi)
• French: politique (fr) m or f, politicien (fr) m, politicienne (fr) f, homme politique (fr) m, femme politique (fr) f
• Galician: político (gl) m
• Georgian: პოლიტიკოსი (ṗoliṭiḳosi), პოლიტიკური მოღვაწე (ṗoliṭiḳuri moɣvac̣e)
• German: Politiker (de) m, Politikerin (de) f
• Greek: πολιτικός (el) c (politikós)

  Ancient: πολιτικός m (politikós)

• Haitian Creole: politisyen
• Hawaiian: loea kālaiʻāina
• Hebrew: פּוֹלִיטִיקַאי (he) m (politiká`i), פוליטיקאית m (politiká`it)
• Hindi: राजनीतिज्ञ m (rājnītijña), नीतिज्ञ (hi) m (nītijña)
• Hungarian: politikus (hu)
• Icelandic: stjórnmálamaður (is) m
• Indonesian: politikus (id), politisi (id) pl
• Irish: polaiteoir (ga) m
• Italian: politico (it) m, politica (it) f
• Japanese: 政治家 (ja) (せいじか, seijika), 政客 (ja) (せいかく, seikaku)
• Kazakh: саясатшы (kk) (saäsatşy), саясаткер (saäsatker)
• Khmer: អ្នកនយោបាយ (km) (nĕək nĕəʼyoobaay)
• Korean: 정치인(政治人) (ko) (jeongchiin), 정치가(政治家) (ko) (jeongchiga)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: siyasetvan (ku), siyasetmedar (ku), siyasetkar (ku)

• Kyrgyz: саясатчы (ky) (sayasatcı)
• Lao: ນັກການເມືອງ (lo) (nak kān mư̄ang)
• Latvian: politiķis m, politiķe f
• Lithuanian: politikas m, polìtikė f
• Luganda: munnabyabufuzi
• Macedonian: политичар m (političar), политичарка f (političarka)
• Malay: ahli politik (ms)
• Malayalam: രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരന് (rāṣṭrīyakkāraṉ)
• Maori: kaitōrangapū (mi)
• Marathi: राजकारणी m or f (rājkārṇī)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: улс төрч (uls törč)

  Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
  ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠴᠢ (ulus törüči)

• Norman: politicien m, politicienne f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: politiker m

  Nynorsk: politikar m

• Occitan: politic (oc) m, politica (oc) f, politician (oc) m, politiciana f
• Pashto: سياست پوه (ps) m (seyāst poh)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: سِیاسَتْمَدار (fa) (siyâsatmadâr), سایِس (fa) (sâyes), پولیتیسْیَن (politisyan)

• Polish: polityk (pl) m, polityczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: político (pt) m, política (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਰਾਜਨੀਤੀਵਾਨ m (rājnītīvān), ਸਿਆਸਤਦਾਨ (pa) m (siāsatdān)

• Romanian: politician (ro) m, politiciană f
• Russian: поли́тик (ru) m (polítik) (male or female), полити́ческий де́ятель m (politíčeskij déjatelʹ), политика́н (ru) m (politikán) (disapprovingly)
• Scots: poleetician, politeecian
• Scottish Gaelic: fear-poilitigs m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: полѝтича̄р m, полѝтича̄рка f

  Roman: polìtičār (sh) m, polìtičārka (sh) f

• Slovak: politík m, politička f
• Slovene: politik (sl) m, političarka f
• Spanish: político (es) m, política (es) f, politicastro (es) m (disparaging)
• Swedish: politiker (sv) c
• Tagalog: politiko
• Tajik: сиёсатмадор (siyosatmador), сиёсатшинос (siyosatšinos)
• Tatar: сәясәтче (säyasätçe)
• Tetum: polítiku
• Thai: นักการเมือง (th) (nák-gaan-mʉʉang)
• Turkish: politikacı (tr), siyasetçi (tr)
• Turkmen: syýasatçy
• Ukrainian: полі́тик m (polítyk), полі́тичка f (polítyčka)
• Urdu: سِیاسَت دان m (siyāsat dān), سِیاسَتْدان m (siyāsatdān)
• Uyghur: سىياسەتچى (siyasetchi)
• Uzbek: siyosatchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: chính khách (vi) (政客), nhà chính trị (家政治), chính trị gia (vi)
• Waigali: vëi nëvňe ëla odë
• Walloon: politikî (wa) m, politicresse (wa) f
• Welsh: gwleidydd (cy), gwleidyddwr
• Yiddish: פּאָליטיקער m (politiker)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} politiko
• Hiligaynon: ^{(please verify)} politiko
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} politikus (id)
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} mema pāremata
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} devlet adami

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French politicien.

Noun

politician m (plural politicieni, feminine equivalent politiciană)

1. politician

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	politician	politicianul		politicieni	politicienii
genitive-dative	politician	politicianului		politicieni	politicienilor
vocative	politicianule			politicienilor