politics
/ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪks/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A methodology and activities associated with the interpersonal aspects of running a government, an organization, or a movement.
Countable
noun
Political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, standing, influence or conflict.
Uncountable
noun
Real-world beliefs and social issues irrelevant to the topic at hand.
Countable; Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "local politics"
- "national politics"
- "office politics"
- "Most broadly, politics is everything that humans do, short of warfare, to influence or control each other; more narrowly, it is everything they do in a civilian context to determine the definitions of their polity, state, and government."
- "War is the continuation of politics by other means; war is politics with the addition of hyperviolence and extra-civilian scope."
- "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."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪks/
- British English: /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/