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/ˈpɒlətɪk/ · noun
(chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled..
Modern historical assessments of Cecil have veered from that of the cynical, secular politique to the image of the committed Protestant ideologue […]
And surely me thinketh we cannot better bestowe our time on the Sea, then in aduice how to behaue our selues when we come to the shore: for greater daunger is there to ariue in a straunge countrey where the inhabitauntes be politique, then to be tossed with the troublesome waues, where the Marriners be vnskilfull.
Politique Body
Use politique when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Politique means (chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled..
Common synonyms include politico.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Modern historical assessments of Cecil have veered from that of the cynical, secular politique to the image of the committed Protestant ideologue […]
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