Meaning

(countable) A methodology and activities associated with the interpersonal aspects of running a government, an organization, or a movement..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A methodology and activities associated with the interpersonal aspects of running a government, an organization, or a movement.
2. (countable) The profession of conducting political affairs.
3. (treated as a plural noun) One's political stands and opinions.
4. (uncountable) Political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, standing, influence or conflict.
5. (in the singular, informal) Real-world beliefs and social issues irrelevant to the topic at hand.
6. third-person singular simple present indicative of politic

Example Sentences

local politics

national politics

office politics

Most broadly, politics is everything that humans do, short of warfare, to influence or control each other; more narrowly, it is everything they do in a civilian context to determine the definitions of their polity, state, and government.

War is the continuation of politics by other means; war is politics with the addition of hyperviolence and extra-⁠civilian scope.

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.

He made a career out of politics.

Their politics are clear from the bumper stickers on their cars.

Word Forms

• politics
• politicses

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Use politics when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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