politics
See also: polítics
English
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Etymology
[edit]From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τά πολῑτῐκᾱ́ (tá polītikā́, “affairs of state”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/, /ˈpɒl.ə.tɪks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.lɪˌtɪks/, /ˈpɑ.ləˌtɪks/
- Hyphenation: pol‧i‧tics
- Rhymes: -ɪks
Noun
[edit]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, informal) 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
[edit]politics
- third-person singular simple present indicative of politic
Derived terms
[edit]- aeropolitics
- agri-politics
- all politics are local
- all politics is local
- antipolitics
- astropolitics
- a week is a long time in politics
- biopolitics
- bolitics
- cosmopolitics
- cyberpolitics
- dog whistle politics
- dog-whistle politics
- domopolitics
- econopolitics
- ecopolitics
- ethnopolitics
- Europolitics
- exopolitics
- genopolitics
- geopolitics
- gesture politics
- high politics
- identity politics
- infrapolitics
- low politics
- machine politics
- macropolitics
- megapolitics
- metapolitics
- micropolitics
- narcopolitics
- necropolitics
- neuropolitics
- office politics
- ostrich politics
- palace-politics
- palace politics
- parapolitics
- parish pump politics
- party politics
- petropolitics
- play politics
- politard
- politic
- political
- politician
- politicize
- politics of envy
- politologist
- politology
- politonym
- politrickery
- politricks
- power politics
- psychopolitics
- respectability politics
- retail politics
- rubber stamp politics
- schizopolitics
- sexual politics
- sociopolitics
- superpolitics
- technopolitics
- telepolitics
- wedge politics
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a methodology and activities associated with running a government
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Further reading
[edit]- “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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