English
Etymology
From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τα πολιτικά (ta politiká, “affairs of state”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
- (in the plural) 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.
- (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
politics
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of politic
Derived terms
Terms derived from politics
Related terms
Terms etymologically related to politics
Translations
a methodology and activities associated with running a government
- Abkhaz: аполитика (aṗoliṭiḳa)
- 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), политика (politika)
- 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)
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- 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
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