English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�p�l.ɪ.tɪks/
audio|en-us-politics.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle�s "�α �ολι�ικά" ('affairs of state').

Noun
politics p

1. The practice of responding to conflict with dialogue.
2. Set of policies relating to governmental and legal matters

#:I don�t like his politics.

1. campaigning|Campaigning or arguing for a set of policies, or maneuvering for power

#: I want to go into politics.

1. The study of disputes between rival political factions.

#:Favoritism is the only use of politics. Richard L Kempe

1. Political affairs of life, party politics, local politics.

#: He�s thinking of going into politics, e.g., trying to become a Member of Parliament.

1. Political views or beliefs.

#: What are your politics?

1. rivalry between political parties

#: They�re not concerned with welfare: it�s all politics!

Translations

Afrikaans: politiek
Arabic: Arab|س�اسة unicode|(siy�sa) f
Bengali: রা�ন�তি
Bosnian: politika f
Bulgarian: поли�ика (polítika) f
Chinese: �治 (zhèngzhì)
Croatian: politika f
Czech: politika f
Dutch: politiek f
Estonian: poliitika
Finnish: politiikka
French: politique f
Georgian: �������� (politika)
German: Politik f
Hebrew: פ�����ק� (p�līṭīqeh) f
Hindi: रा�न�ति (r�jnīti) f
Hungarian: politika#Hungarian|politika
Interlingua: politica f
Italian: politica#Italian|politica f
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Japanese: �治#Japanese|�治 (���, seiji)
Korean: �� (jeongchi)
Norwegian: politikk m
Persian: FAchar|س�است (siyâsat)
Polish: polityka f
Romanian: politic� f
Portuguese: política f
Russian: поли�ика (polítika) f
Scottish Gaelic: sluagh-iùl m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: поли�ика#Serbian|поли�ика f
:Roman: politika#Serbian|politika f
Slovak: politika#Slovak|politika f
Spanish: política#Spanish|política f
Swedish: politik c (1,2)
Telugu: రా���యాల� (r�jak�y�lu) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Turkish: politika#Turkish|politika
Urdu: URchar|راج ��ت� (r�j-nīti) f, URchar|س�است (siy�sat) f

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• 2007-11-01 01:40 - Stephen G. Brown - /* Translations */

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