Politics Power Extra Examples I Political Noun ˈpɒlətɪks

• world/international politics
• domestic/national/local politics
• progressive/radical politics
• she is aiming for a career in politics.

politics

1. the activities involved in getting and using power in public life, and being able to influence decisions that affect a country or a society
• SEE ALSO party politics
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party-politics
• world/international politics
• domestic/national/local politics
• progressive/radical politics
• She is aiming for a career in politics.
• a major figure in British politics
• Have you considered going into politics (= trying to become a Member of Parliament, Congress, etc.)?
• The economy has been the major issue in electoral politics.
• This issue is beyond partisan politics (= when people strongly support one party or another).

Extra Examples

• As a churchman, he was accused of interfering in politics.
• He abandoned politics and went into business.
• He argued that it was not practical politics to abolish private schools.
• I have always followed politics closely.
• In their world politics dominates everything.
• Let's not talk politics now.
• The Democrats are simply engaging in partisan politics.
• The legislation has been driven by populist politics.
• reforms that are intended to reshape Italian politics
• the issues which have dominated Irish politics
2. matters connected with getting or using power within a particular group or organization
• SEE ALSO identity politics
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/identity-politics
• I don't want to get involved in office politics.
• the internal politics of the legal profession
• racial/gender/sexual politics (= connected with relationships of power between different groups in society)
• the politics of identity/race/gender
• the politics of fear/envy/division/hate (= when people are influenced by fear, envy, etc.)

Extra Examples

• He used dirty politics to trash his opponent's record.
• the politics surrounding reproduction and fertility
• I don't understand the politics of it all.
3. a person’s political views or beliefs
• His politics are extreme.

Extra Examples

• His manners were as mild as his politics were extreme.
• My personal politics are pretty simple.
4. the study of government and politics
• a degree in Politics
5. a system of political beliefs; a state of political affairs
• A politics of the future has to engage with new ideas.