politics   (Sound)

The noun politics has 5 senses

• politics, political relation -- (social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power; "office politics is often counterproductive")


• politics, political science, government -- (the study of government of states and other political units)


• politics -- (the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs)


• politics, political sympathies -- (the opinion you hold with respect to political questions)


• politics -- (the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government; "unemployment dominated the politics of the inter-war years"; "government agencies multiplied beyond the control of representative politics")