ALL meanings of politics
pol·i·tics
P p - noun plural politics opinions 1
- noun politics the science or art of political government. 1
- noun politics the practice or profession of conducting political affairs. 1
- noun politics political affairs: The advocated reforms have become embroiled in politics. 1
- noun politics political methods or maneuvers: We could not approve of his politics in winning passage of the bill. 1
- noun politics political principles or opinions: We avoided discussion of religion and politics. His politics are his own affair. 1
- noun politics use of intrigue or strategy in obtaining any position of power or control, as in business, university, etc. 1
- noun politics (initial capital letter, italics) a treatise (4th century b.c.) by Aristotle, dealing with the structure, organization, and administration of the state, especially the city-state as known in ancient Greece. 1
- idioms politics play politics, to engage in political intrigue, take advantage of a political situation or issue, resort to partisan politics, etc.; exploit a political system or political relationships. to deal with people in an opportunistic, manipulative, or devious way, as for job advancement. 1
- noun plural politics Politics are the actions or activities concerned with achieving and using power in a country or society. The verb that follows politics may be either singular or plural. 0
- noun plural politics Your politics are your beliefs about how a country ought to be governed. 0
- uncountable noun politics Politics is the study of the ways in which countries are governed. 0
- noun plural politics Politics can be used to talk about the ways that power is shared in an organization and the ways it is affected by personal relationships between people who work together. The verb that follows politics may be either singular or plural. 0
- noun politics the practice or study of the art and science of forming, directing, and administrating states and other political units; the art and science of government; political science 0
- noun politics the complex or aggregate of relationships of people in society, esp those relationships involving authority or power 0
- noun politics political activities or affairs 0
- noun politics the business or profession of politics 0
- noun politics any activity concerned with the acquisition of power, gaining one's own ends, etc 0
- noun politics opinions, principles, sympathies, etc, with respect to politics 0
- noun politics the policy-formulating aspects of government as distinguished from the administrative, or legal 0
- noun politics the civil functions of government as distinguished from the military 0
- noun plural politics the science and art of political government; political science 0
- noun plural politics political affairs 0
- noun plural politics the conducting of or participation in political affairs, often as a profession 0
- noun plural politics political methods, tactics, etc.; sometimes, specif., crafty or unprincipled methods 0
- noun plural politics political opinions, principles, or party connections 0
- noun plural politics factional scheming for power and status within a group 0