English dictionary
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English noun: politics | |||
| 1. | politics social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power | ||
| Samples | Office politics is often counterproductive. | ||
| Synonyms | political relation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social relation | ||
| Domain category members | wilderness | ||
| 2. | politics (cognition) the study of government of states and other political units | ||
| Synonyms | government, political science | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social science | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | geopolitics, practical politics, realpolitik | ||
| Domain category | administration, governance, governing, government, government activity | ||
| Domain category members | assassin, assassinator, bolt, bravo, cabal, catechism, civilisation, civilization, coattails effect, combination, conspiracy, demonstration, fencesitter, independent, mandate, manifestation, minimalist, muckraker, mudslinger, mugwump, nominating address, nominating speech, nomination, patronage, politics, regular, side, Soviets, Sturm und Drang, turbulence, upheaval, war chest | ||
| 3. | politics (act) the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | profession | ||
| Domain category | government, political science, politics | ||
| 4. | politics (cognition) the opinion you hold with respect to political questions | ||
| Synonyms | political sympathies | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view | ||
| 5. | politics (act) the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government | ||
| Samples | Unemployment dominated the politics of the inter-war years. Government agencies multiplied beyond the control of representative politics. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity, affairs | ||
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