Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

political science

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English

Syllables: po-lit-i-cal -science
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The systematic study of government and politics.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The analytical study of public policy and policies, past, present, and prospective.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Kent Syler, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday evening that the "aggressive" gerrymandering will make it "very, very difficult" for Democrats to hold the seat in the 2022 midterms."

Usage

Inflected Forms

political sciences (plural)

Phrases

political scientist

Frequently Paired Words

political scientist

Synonyms

politics government

Questions

What does political science mean?: The systematic study of government and politics.

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