different between politics vs corporatism

English

Etymology

From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s ?? ???????? (ta politiká, “affairs of state”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?l.??t?ks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?l.?.t?ks/
• Hyphenation: pol?i?tics

Noun

politics (countable and uncountable, plural politics)

1. (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.

2. (countable) The profession of conducting political affairs.

3. (in the plural) One's political stands and opinions.

4. (uncountable) Political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, influence or conflict.
5. (in the singular, fandom slang) Real-world beliefs and social issues irrelevant to the topic at hand.

Verb

politics

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of politic

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Further reading

• politics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• politics in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• colpitis, psilotic

English

Etymology 1

corporate +? -ism

Noun

corporatism (countable and uncountable, plural corporatisms)

1. A political system in which society is organized into collective interest groups or "bodies" (Latin corpora) which are subservient to the state and act as organs of political representation.

Related terms

• corporatist

Etymology 2

From corporation +? capitalism

Noun

corporatism (countable and uncountable, plural corporatisms)

1. (chiefly US, derogatory) A form of capitalism in which the government is lobbied by, or generally heavily favors, corporations at the expense of the general populace.

   Synonym: neocorporatism

Anagrams

• proto-racism, protoracism

Romanian

Etymology

From French corporatisme

Noun

corporatism n (uncountable)

1. corporatism

Declension