politics

B1 Topic:Politics & International Affairs

US /ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪks/ UK /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/ See IPA manual

Freq #2556

Meanings

1

noun
The activities involved in governing a country or area, and the debate between groups who want power.

Unemployment dominated the politics of those years.
2

noun
A person's beliefs and opinions about how a country should be run.

Their politics are clear from the stickers on their car.
3

noun
The struggles for power and influence between people within an organization.

She tried to stay out of office politics.

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3 noun · the struggles for power and... political relation

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Derived forms aeropoliticsagri-politicsantipoliticsastropoliticsbiopoliticsboliticscosmopoliticscyberpoliticsdomopoliticseconopoliticsecopoliticsethnopolitics

Related forms police policy polity

Etymology

From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τά πολῑτῐκᾱ́ (tá polītĭkā́, “affairs of state”).

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# politics

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪks/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/
**Frequency rank:** 2556

## Meanings
1. The activities involved in governing a country or area, and the debate between groups who want power.
2. A person's beliefs and opinions about how a country should be run.
3. The struggles for power and influence between people within an organization.

## Examples
- Unemployment dominated the politics of those years.
- Their politics are clear from the stickers on their car.
- She tried to stay out of office politics.

## Derived Forms
- aeropolitics
- agri-politics
- antipolitics
- astropolitics
- biopolitics
- bolitics
- cosmopolitics
- cyberpolitics
- domopolitics
- econopolitics
- ecopolitics
- ethnopolitics

## Related Forms
- police
- policy
- polity

## Etymology
From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τά πολῑτῐκᾱ́ (tá polītĭkā́, “affairs of state”).

## AI Etymology
Politics comes from the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τά πολῑτῐκᾱ́ (tá polītĭkā́, “affairs of state”). In present-day English it covers the activities involved in governing a country or area, and the debate between groups who want power, a person's beliefs and opinions about how a country should be run, and the struggles for power and influence between people within an organization. The wider family includes derived forms such as aeropolitics, agri-politics, antipolitics, astropolitics, biopolitics and related forms such as police, policy, polity.

## Topics
- Politics & International Affairs

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