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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

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)zauq.

Adjective

joh

1. far

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?/, /j??/
• Hyphenation: joh

Interjection

joh

1. (informal) Used to address someone, somewhat like dude.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *juk?, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Cognate with Old Saxon juk, Old English ?eoc, Old Norse ok, Gothic ???????????? (juk).

Noun

joh n

1. yoke

Descendants

• German: Joch