politics
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
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, pages 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.
- 1996, Jan Jindy Pettman, Worlding Women: A feminist international politics, pages ix-x:
- (countable) The profession of conducting political affairs.
- He made a career out of politics.
- (plural) 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, influence or conflict.
- third-person singular form of politic
- French: politique
- German: Politik
- Italian: politica
- Portuguese: política
- Russian: поли́тика
- Spanish: política
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