politics

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[edit] English

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  • IPA: /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/
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[edit] Etymology

From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s "τα πολιτικά" ('affairs of state').

[edit] Noun

politics (plural uncountable, sometimes treated as singular uncountable)

  1. The methodology and activities associated with running a government.
  2. The profession of conducting political affairs.
  3. One's political stands and opinions.
  4. Political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, influence or conflict.

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  • 1996, Jan Jindy Pettman, Worlding Women: A feminist international politics, pages ix-x:
    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.

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