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[ English

[ Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/

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[ Etymology

From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s "τα πολιτικά" ('affairs of state').

[ Noun

politics pl.

1. The practice of responding to conflict with dialogue.
2. Set of policies relating to governmental and legal matters

   I don’t like his politics.

3. Campaigning or arguing for a set of policies, or maneuvering for power

   I want to go into politics.

4. The study of disputes between rival political factions.

   Favoritism is thee only use of politics. Richard L Kempe

5. Political affairs of life, party politics, local politics.

   He’s thinking of going into politics, e.g., trying to become a Member of Parliament.

6. Political views or beliefs.

   What are your politics?

7. rivalry between political parties

   They’re not concerned with welfare: it’s all politics!

[ Translations

Afrikaans: politiek af(af) Arabic: سياسة (siyāsa) f. Bengali: রাজনীতি bn(bn) Bosnian: politika bs(bs) f. Bulgarian: политика bg(bg) (polítika) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 政治 (zhèngzhì) Croatian: politika hr(hr) f. Czech: politika cs(cs) f. Dutch: politiek nl(nl) f. Estonian: poliitika et(et) Finnish: politiikka fi(fi) French: politique fr(fr) f. Georgian: პოლიტიკა ka(ka) (politika) German: Politik de(de) f. Hebrew: פוליטיקה he(he) (pōlīṭīqeh) f. Hindi: राजनीति hi(hi) (rājnīti) f. Hungarian: politika hu(hu) Interlingua: politica ia(ia) f. Italian: politica it(it) f.

Japanese: 政治 ja(ja) (seiji) (せいじ) Korean: 정치 (jeongchi) Norwegian: politikk no(no) m. Persian: سیاست fa(fa) (siyâsat) Polish: polityka pl(pl) f. Romanian: politică ro(ro) f. Portuguese: política pt(pt) f. Russian: политика ru(ru) (polítika) f. Scottish Gaelic: sluagh-iùl gd(gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: политика f. Roman: politika f. Slovak: politika sk(sk) f. Spanish: política es(es) f. Swedish: politik sv(sv) c. (1,2) Telugu: రాజకీయాలు te(te) (rājakēyālu) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Turkish: politika tr(tr) Urdu: راج نیتی (rāj-nīti) f., سیاست (siyāsat) f. Vietnamese: chính trị vi(vi)