politics

See also: polítics

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τα πολιτικά (ta politiká, “affairs of state”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/
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(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.lɪˌtɪks/
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Hyphenation: pol‧i‧tics

Noun[edit]

politics (countable and uncountable, plural politics)

(countable) A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement.
- 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.
(countable) The profession of conducting political affairs.
He made a career out of politics.
(treated as a plural noun) One's political stands and opinions.
Their politics are clear from the bumper stickers on their cars.
(uncountable) Political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, influence or conflict.
- 1999, George Lucas, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, spoken by Senator Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid):
  There is no stability; only politics. The Republic is not what it once was. The Senate is full of greedy, squabbling delegates. There is no interest in the common good.
(in the singular, fandom slang) Real-world beliefs and social issues irrelevant to the topic at hand.
We're trying to talk about comic books, don't mention politics.

Verb[edit]

politics

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of politic

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from politics

Related terms[edit]

Terms etymologically related to politics

Translations[edit]

a methodology and activities associated with running a government

Abkhaz: аполитика (apʼolitʼikʼa)
Afrikaans: politiek (af)
Albanian: politikë (sq) f
Amharic: ፖለቲካ (polätika)
Arabic: سِيَاسَة‎ (ar) f (siyāsa)
Egyptian Arabic: سياسة‎ f (siyāsa)
Armenian: քաղաքականություն (hy) (kʿałakʿakanutʿyun)
Assamese: ৰাজনীতি (razoniti)
Asturian: política f
Azerbaijani: siyasət (az), politika (az)
Bashkir: сәйәсәт (säyäsät), политика (politika)
Basque: politika (eu)
Belarusian: палі́тыка (be) f (palítyka)
Bengali: রাজনীতি (bn) (rajniti)
Bulgarian: поли́тика (bg) f (polítika)
Burmese: နိုင်ငံရေး (my) (nuingngam-re:)
Buryat: улас түрэ (ulas türe)
Catalan: política (ca) f
Chechen: политика (politika)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 政治 (zing³ zi⁶)

Dungan: җынҗы (žɨnžɨ)

Mandarin: 政治 (zh) (zhèngzhì)

Min Nan: 政治 (zh-min-nan) (chèng-tī)
Cornish: politegieth f
Crimean Tatar: siyaset
Czech: politika (cs) f
Danish: politik (da) c
Dutch: politiek (nl) f
Esperanto: politiko
Estonian: poliitika (et)
Finnish: politiikka (fi)
French: politique (fr) f
Galician: política (gl) f
Georgian: პოლიტიკა (ṗoliṭiḳa)
German: Politik (de) f
Greek: πολιτική (el) f (politikí)
Ancient: πολιτική f (politikḗ)
Greenlandic: politikki
Gujarati: રાજકારણ (rājkāraṇ)
Haitian Creole: politik
Hausa: siyasa (ha)
Hebrew: פּוֹלִיטִיקָה‎ (he) f (polítika)
Hindi: राजनीति (hi) f (rājnīti), सियासत (hi) f (siyāsat)
Hungarian: politika (hu)
Icelandic: stjórnmál (is) n pl
Indonesian: politik (id), siasat (id), siasah (id)
Interlingua: politica f
Irish: polaitíocht
Italian: politica (it) f
Japanese: 政治 (ja) (せいじ, seiji)
Jarai: kơđi čar
Javanese: naya, pulitik (jv)
Kalmyk: төршл (törshl)
Kannada: ರಾಜಕೀಯ (kn) (rājakīya)
Karachay-Balkar: политика (politika)
Kazakh: саясат (kk) (saäsat)
Khmer: នយោបាយ (km) (nĕəʼyoobaay)
Korean: 정치(政治) (ko) (jeongchi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ramyarî (ku), siyaset (ku), rêzanî (ku), polîtîka (ku)
Kyrgyz: саясат (ky) (sayasat), политика (politika)
Lao: ການເມືອງ (lo) (kān mư̄ang)
Latin: cīvīlitās f
Latvian: politika f
Lithuanian: politika (lt) f
Macedonian: политика f (politika)
Malay: politik (ms), siasah (ms)
Malayalam: രാഷ്ട്രീയം (ml) (rāṣṭrīyaṃ)
Maltese: politika f
Manchu: ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠨ (dasan)
Maori: tōrangapū
Marathi: राजकारण (rājkāraṇ)
Moksha: политиксь (politiksʹ), политика (politika)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: улс төр (uls tör)
Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⴰⵙⵔⵜⵉⵜ f (tasrtit)
Nepali: राजनीति (ne) (rājanīti)
Norman: politique f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: politikk (no) m

Nynorsk: politikk (no) m
Okinawan: 政治 (しーじ, shiiji)
Oriya: ରାଜନୀତି (or) (rajôniti)
Oromo: siyaasa
Ossetian: политикӕ (politikæ)
Pashto: سياست‎ (ps) m (seyāsát)
Persian: سیاست‎ (fa) (siyâsat), پلیتیک‎ (politik)
Polish: polityka (pl) f
Portuguese: política (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸਿਆਸਤ (pa) (siāsat), ਰਾਜਨੀਤੀ (rājnītī)
Romanian: politică (ro) f
Russian: поли́тика (ru) f (polítika)
Rusyn: полі́тіка f (polítika)
Scottish Gaelic: sluagh-iùl m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: полѝтика f

Roman: polìtika (sh) f
Sinhalese: රාජනීතිය (rājanītiya)
Slovak: politika f
Slovene: politika (sl) f
Somali: siyaasadda
Spanish: política (es) f
Swahili: siasa (sw)
Swedish: politik (sv) c
Tagalog: politika (tl)
Tajik: сиёсат (tg) (siyosat), политика (politika)
Tamil: அரசியல் (ta) (araciyal)
Tatar: сәясәт (tt) (säyasät), политика (politika)
Telugu: రాజకీయాలు (te) (rājakīyālu)
Thai: การเมือง (th) (gaan-mʉʉang)
Tibetan: སྲིད་དོན (srid don), ཆབ་སྲིད (chab srid)
Tigrinya: ፖለቲካ (polätika)
Turkish: politika (tr), siyaset (tr)
Turkmen: syýasat (tk), politika
Ukrainian: полі́тика (uk) f (polítyka)
Urdu: سیاست‎ f (siyāsat), راجنیتی‎ f (rājnīti),
Uyghur: سىياسەت‎ (ug) (siyaset)
Uzbek: siyosat (uz), politika (uz)
Vietnamese: chính trị (vi) (政治)
Welsh: gwleidyddiaeth (cy) f
Yakut: бэлиитикэ (beliitike), политика (politika)
Yiddish: פּאָליטיק‎ f (politik)
Yoruba: ìṣèlú

Anagrams[edit]

colpitis, psilotic