politicsnoun
uk/ˈpɒl.ə.tɪks/us/ˈpɑː.lə.tɪks/B1 [ U ] the activities of the government, members of law-making organizations, or people who try to influence the way a country is governed:
Joe is very active in left-wing politics.
[ U ] the job of holding a position of power in the government:
The group is campaigning to get more women into politics.
He is planning to retire from politics next year.
[ U ] the study of the ways in which a country is governed:
She studied politics at Leicester University.
sb's politics
someone's opinions about how a country should be governed:
Her politics have become more liberal over the past few years.
[ plural ] the relationships within a group or organization that allow particular people to have power over others:
I don't like to get involved in office politics.
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- After 30 years in politics, our local member of parliament is retiring next year.
- Ms Doughty entered politics after a career in banking.
- He was a powerful force in British politics during the war years.
- She has a degree in sociology and politics.
- In the old days of two-party adversarial politics, voting was easy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- political science
- politicize
- polity
- populism
- populist
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
Idiom(s)
play politics