Politic

['pɒlɪtɪk] or ['pɑlətɪk]

Definition

(adj.) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; 'he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage'; 'the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error' .

(adj.) marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; 'it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels'; 'a politic decision'; 'a politic manager'; 'a politic old scoundrel'; 'a shrewd and politic reply' .

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Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

(a.) Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty.

(a.) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons.

(n.) A politician.

Typist: Trevor

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Civil, political, CIVIC.[2]. Wise, prudent, judicious, discreet, sagacious, prudential, wary, provident.[3]. Artful, cunning, shrewd, intriguing, sly, wily, subtle, foxy, Machiavelian.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Prudent, wise, sagacious, provident, diplomatic, judicious, cunning, wary,well_devised, discreet

ANT:Imprudent, unwise, improvident, undiplomatic, impolitic

Checker: Lowell

Definition

adj. pertaining to policy: well-devised: judicious in management: skilled in political affairs: prudent: discreet: cunning: (Shak.) concerned with politics.—adj. Polit′ical pertaining to polity or government: pertaining to nations or to parties in a nation who differ in their views of how it ought to be governed: derived from government.—adv. Polit′ically.—ns. Polit′icaster (Milt.) a petty politician; Politic′ian one versed in or devoted to politics: a man of artifice and cunning.—adj. (Milt.) politic.—adv. Pol′iticly.—n.sing. Pol′itics the art or science of government: the management of a political party: political affairs or opinions.—adj. Pol′itique (Bacon) political civil.—n. Pol′ity the constitution of the government of a state or an institution: civil constitution: a body of people arranged under a system of government.—Political economy the science which treats of the production distribution and consumption of wealth; Political science the science or study of government as to its principles aims methods &c.—Body politic the whole body of a people as constituting a state.

Editor: Timmy

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

Typist: Zamenhof

Examples

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