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politics
has definitions from the fields of work,politics,government,sociology
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[ noun ] (sociology) social relations involving authority or power
Synonyms Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)As_such , it was beyond politics and had no need of justification by a `` message '' . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)He was also at this time , although not so interwoven in high politics and the rackets as Torrio and Capone , the most powerful and most dangerous mob leader in the Chicago underworld , the roughneck king . He was also personally active in ward politics , and by 1924 O_'_Banion had acquired sufficient political might to be able to state : `` I always deliver my borough as per requirements '' . (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)Harold_Clurman is right to say that `` Waiting_for_Godot '' is a reflection ( he calls it a distorted reflection ) `` of the impasse and disarray of Europe 's present politics , ethic , and common way_of_life '' . (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)But first I want to quote him on the relationship that he found between religion and politics in_this country and what happened to it . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (politics,government) the study of government of states and other political units
Synonyms Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Why , oh why , does n't he stick_to preaching the Gospel , instead of meddling in civic affairs , politics , economics , and social issues that are no concern of the Church '' ? Furthermore , Bern decrees that we must do as we are ordered by the Council , preach only the word_of_God and stop meddling in politics '' ! (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` You and I have fallen out of literature into politics '' , Moreland observed . |
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[ noun ] (work,politics) the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
Used in print ("Editorials"...)The appointment of U_Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary_General - at this writing , the choice appears to be certain - offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (politics) the opinion you hold with respect to political questions
Synonyms Used in print (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Those O'Dwyers had that Irish clannishness that made them stick_together in_spite of politics and everything . Related terms |
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