Main entry: politics
Definition: the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
Main entry: politics
Definition: the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government
Usage: unemployment dominated the politics of the inter-war years; government agencies multiplied beyond the control of representative politics
Main entry: political science, politics, government
Definition: the study of government of states and other political units
Main entry: political sympathies, politics
Definition: the opinion you hold with respect to political questions
Main entry: political relation, politics
Definition: social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
Usage: office politics is often counterproductive