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1. Politics
   The means by which power is employed and contested to influence the nature and content of governmental activities. The sphere of the ‘political` includes the activities of those in government, but also the actions and competing interests of many other groups and individuals.
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2. politics
   [n] - social relations involving authority or power 2. [n] - the opinion you hold with respect to political questions 3. [n] - the study of government of states and other political units 4. [n] - the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
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3. Politics
   the social institution that distributes power, sets a society's agenda and makes decisions
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4. politics
   Ruling by the consent of the governed; an activity whereby solutions to social and economic problems are arrived at and different aspirations are met by the process of discussion and compromise...
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5. Politics
   Pol'i·tics noun [ Confer French politique , Greek ... (sc....). See Politic .] 1. The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety...
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6. politics
   political science noun the study of government of states and other political units
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7. politics
   noun the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
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8. politics
   political relation noun social relations involving authority or power
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9. politics
   noun the opinion you hold with respect to political questions
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10. Politics
    • (n.) The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or ...
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11. Politics
    (from the article `Philip II`) ...spot. Suspicion fell on Olympias and Alexander, those with most to gain from Philip`s death, and many modern interpreters have followed it. ... Turning from the Ethics treatises to their sequel, the Politics, the reader is brought down to earth. `Man is a political animal,` Aristotle ... In...
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12. politics
    politics 1. The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity; such as, a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs. 2. The activities or affairs engaged in by a government, politician, or political party. Quotat...
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13. politics
    
    • social relations involving authority or power
    • the study of government of states and other political units
    • the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
    • the opinion you hold with respect to political questions
    
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14. politics
    A process of conflict resolution in which support is mobilized and maintained for collective action.
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15. Politics
    (Gr. polis, city) The normative science which treats of the organization of social goods. The branch of civics concerned with government and state affairs. See Political Philosophy. -- J.K.F.
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16. politics
    Ruling by the consent of the governed; an activity whereby solutions to social and economic problems are arrived at and different aspirations are met by the process of discussion and compromise rather than by the application of decree or force. A much misused term, it has been expounded by Bernard Crick in his classic book In Defence o...
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17. Politics
    `Politics` (from Greek πολιτικός, "of, for, or relating to citizens"), is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs. It also refers to beha...
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18. Politics
    (novel) `Politics` is a 2003 novel by Adam Thirlwell about a father-daughter relationship and about a ménage à trois which includes said daughter and two of her friends. We are informed by the narrator that the novel is about "goodness". Plot summary: Nana, an attractiv...
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19. Politics
    (Aristotle) Composition: The literary character of the Politics is subject to some dispute, growing out of the textual difficulties that attended the loss of Aristotle`s works. Book III ends with a sentence that is repeated almost verbatim at the start of Book VII, while the intervenin...
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20. Politics
    (disambiguation) `Politics` is the process observed in all human (and many non-human) group interactions by which groups make decisions, including activism on behalf of specific issues or causes. The term may also refer to:
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21. Politics
    (poem) Photograph of William Butler Yeats taken February 7, 1933. `"Politics"` is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats written on May 24, 1938. It was composed during the time of the Spanish Civil War as well as during the pre-war period of Adolf Hitler`s Third Reich in Germany...
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22. Politics
    (song) "`Politics`" is a song written and recorded by American nu metal band Korn and The Matrix for Korn`s seventh studio album, See You on the Other Side. It was released as the album`s third publisher=MTV News-->--> and is the last Korn single to feature David Silveria on ...
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23. Politics
    (comedy) `Politics` is the second of Ricky Gervais` stand-up shows. It was written and performed by the comedian Gervais. As the title suggests the show takes the political sphere as its central theme. Gervais toured the show in 2004 and it is now available on DVD. Content: Introduction: As i...
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24. Politics
    (album) `Politics` is Sébastien Tellier`s second album, released in 2004. It features prominent drumming provided by Tony Allen. The songs are sung in English, German and Spanish. Track listing: # "Bye-bye" # "League Chicanos" # "Wonderafrica" # "B...
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25. Politics
    (Yellowjackets album) `Politics` (1988) is the sixth studio album from the jazz group Yellowjackets, and their third for the MCA label. The album was awarded "Best Jazz Fusion Performance" at the 1989 Grammy Awards. Track listing: #"Oz" (Ferrante, Haslip, Russo, Ken...
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