1. (

• politics ,
• political_relation

) social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power; "office politics is often counterproductive" ;

2. (

• politics ,
• political_science ,
• government ,

) the study of government of states and other political units ;

3. (

• politics

) the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs ;

4. (

• politics ,
• political_sympathies

) the opinion you hold with respect to political questions ;

5. (

• 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" ;

1. (

• politic

) marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply" ;

2. (

• politic ,
• smooth ,
• suave ,
• bland

) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" ;