Politics Power Political Local I Noun Bre ˈpɒlətɪks

• party politics
• local politics
• he’s thinking of going into politics (= trying to become a member of parliament, congress, etc.)
• a major figure in british 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
• party politics
• local politics
• He’s thinking of going into politics (= trying to become a Member of Parliament, Congress, etc.)
• a major figure in British politics
2. matters concerned with getting or using power within a particular group or organization
• I don't want to get involved in office politics.
• the internal politics of the legal profession
• sexual politics (= concerning relationships of power between the sexes)
3. a person’s political views or beliefs
• His politics are extreme.
• = political science
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/political-science
• a degree in Politics
4. a system of political beliefs; a state of political affairs
• A politics of the future has to engage with new ideas.

Extra Examples

• As a churchman, he was accused of interfering in politics.
• Consensus politics places a high value on existing political institutions.
• He abandoned politics and went into business.
• He argued that it was not practical politics to abolish private schools.
• He used dirty politics to trash his opponent’s record.
• His manners were as mild as his politics were extreme.
• I don’t understand the politics of it all.
• I have always followed politics closely.
• In their world politics dominates everything.
• Let’s not talk politics now.
• My personal politics are pretty simple.
• She was active in local politics for many years.
• The Democrats are simply engaging in partisan politics.
• The legislation has been driven by populist politics.
• They took the view that Casper was playing power politics with their jobs at stake.
• They went into politics in the hope of changing society.
• multiculturalism and the rise of identity politics
• reforms that are intended to reshape Italian politics
• the country’s internal politics
• the issues which have dominated Irish politics
• the politics surrounding reproduction and fertility
• the role politics played in daily life