office politics
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "As a practical matter, however, you have no more chance of escaping office politics than of inheriting Fort Knox."
- "Office politics, like regular politics, is the art of who gets what, when, and how. While some denigrate the practice of office politics, it nevertheless is part of organizational life. It is the basis for much of the interpersonal interactivity we engage in on the job."
- "If we narrow our focus to "bad" office politics, the kind that subverts an organization or undermines the work of people, the self-promoting plotting that others do, then yes, there are things that can be done."
- "Getting the promotion you think you deserve over the person who also thinks she deserves it is office politics."