Politics
['pɒlɪtɪks] or ['pɑlətɪks]
Definition
(noun.) the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs.
(noun.) the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government; 'unemployment dominated the politics of the inter-war years'; 'government agencies multiplied beyond the control of representative politics'.
(noun.) the study of government of states and other political units.
(noun.) the opinion you hold with respect to political questions.
(noun.) social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power; 'office politics is often counterproductive'.
Inputed by Augustine--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals.
(n.) The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery.
Editor: Xenia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Political science, political economy, science of government.
Editor: Val
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Typist: Virginia
Examples
- I have called this misplaced rationality a piece of learned folly, because it shows itself most dangerously among those thinkers about politics who are divorced from action. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But instead of narrowing the scope of politics, to avoid it, the only sensible thing to do is to invent methods which will allow needs and problems and group interests avenues into politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Anyone who has had the smallest experience of municipal politics knows that the corruption of the police is directly proportionate to the severity of the taboos it is asked to enforce. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But all was not well, and, as has happened so often before, the politics of father and son were violently different. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There is a great deal of literal truth in that remark, for it has been the peculiar work of Bryan to express in politics some of that emotion which has made America the home of new religions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But genuine politics is not an inhuman task. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There is no need, therefore, to generate dialectical disputes about the final goal of politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I am attempting to suggest some of the essentials of a statesman's equipment for the work of a humanly centered politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Every one in polite circles knew that, in America, a gentleman couldn't go into politics. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- These fine differences about the constitution of the Deity interwove with politics and international disputes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But politics was a personal drama without meaning or a vague abstraction without substance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In both the Republic and Statesman a close connection is maintained between Politics and Dialectic. Plato. The Republic.
- The americans have no troublesome Neighbors, they are without foreign Possessions, and do not want the alliance of any Nation, for this Reason they have nothing to do with foreign Politics. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This is as true of the high politics of Isaiah as it is of the ward boss. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Politics, business, recreation, art, science, the learned professions, polite intercourse, leisure, represent such interests. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Remington