politician

pol·i·ti·cian

P0414300 (pŏl′ĭ-tĭsh′ən)n.1. One who is actively involved or skilled in politics, especially one who holds a political office.2. One who deceives or outmaneuvers others for personal gain: distrusted him as the office politician.

politician

(ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃən) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person actively engaged in politics, esp a full-time professional member of a deliberative assembly2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who is experienced or skilled in the art or science of politics, government, or administration; statesman3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) derogatory chiefly US a person who engages in politics out of a wish for personal gain, as realized by holding a public office

pol•i•ti•cian

(ˌpɒl ɪˈtɪʃ ən)

n. 1. a person who is active in politics, esp. as a career. 2. a seeker or holder of public office. 3. a person who uses public office to advance personal or partisan interests. 4. a person who is skilled in politics. [1580–90; < French politicien. See politic, -ian] syn: politician, statesman refer to one skilled in politics. politician is more often derogatory, and statesman laudatory. politician suggests the schemes of a person who engages in politics for party ends or personal advantage: a dishonest politician. statesman suggests the eminent ability, foresight, and patriotic devotion of a person dealing with important affairs of state: a distinguished statesman.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	politician - a leader engaged in civil administrationleader - a person who rules or guides or inspires othersgovernor - the head of a state governmentlegislator - someone who makes or enacts lawscity manager, mayor - the head of a city government
	2.	politician - a person active in party politics pol, political leader, politicoleader - a person who rules or guides or inspires otherscampaigner, candidate, nominee - a politician who is running for public officeCommunist - a member of the communist partydemagog, demagogue, rabble-rouser - a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudicesDemocrat - a member of the Democratic PartyFederalist - a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal governmentLabourite - a member of the British Labour Partymachine politician, political hack, ward-heeler, hack - a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public endsMugwump - someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884noncandidate - someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political officeparty boss, political boss, boss - a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for corruption"party liner, party man - a member of a political party who follows strictly the party lineRepublican - a member of the Republican Partysachem - a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)socialist - a political advocate of socialismstandard-bearer - an outstanding leader of a political movementnational leader, solon, statesman - a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairstechnocrat - an advocate of technocracyWhig - a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil WarGrigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin - a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
	3.	politician - a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded waysplotter, schemer - a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action

politician

noun statesman or stateswoman, representative, senator (U.S.), congressman (U.S.), Member of Parliament, legislator, public servant, congresswoman (U.S.), politico (informal, chiefly U.S.), lawmaker, office bearer, M.P., elected offical Korea's best-known opposition politicianQuotations
"A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years" [Harry S. Truman]
"A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and keep both ears to the ground" [H.L. Mencken]
"Since a politician never believes what he says, he is always astonished when others do" [Charles de Gaulle]
"Well, in politics, I'm a complete neutral; I think they're all scoundrels without exception" [H.L. Mencken]
"a politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man" [e e cummings 1 X 1 (no. 10)]
"A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service" [Georges Pompidou]
"The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision" [John Major]

Translations

政治家

politics

(ˈpolitiks) noun singular or plural the science or business of, or ideas about, or affairs concerning, government. 政治 政治poˈlitical adjective of, or concerning, politics. for political reasons; political studies. 政治的 政治的poˈlitically adverb 政治地 政治地poˌlitically corˈrect adjective (also PC) (of language or behaviour) that does not offend particular groups of people. It is politically correct to use `he or she', and not just `he', when you mean a man or a woman. 政治正確的，正確的，合時宜的 （言语或行为等）政治上正确的，不冒犯特定族群的 ˌpoliˈtician (-ˈtiʃən) noun a person whose job is politics; a member of parliament. 政治家 政治家political asylum protection given by a government to a foreigner who has left his own country for political reasons. 政治避難 政治避难political prisoner a person who has been imprisoned for political reasons and not for any crime. 政治犯 政治犯political ˈscience noun a field of study dealing with politics, government and other political institutions. 政治學 政治学

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