politics" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: politics	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for politics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
politics n social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power; "office politics is often counterproductive" Synonym(s): politics, political relation the study of government of states and other political units Synonym(s): politics, political science, government the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs the opinion you hold with respect to political questions Synonym(s): politics, political sympathies 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Politics \Pol"i*tics\, n. [Cf. F. politique, Gr. [?] (sc.[?]). See {Politic}.] 1. The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals. 2. The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery. When we say that two men are talking politics, we often mean that they are wrangling about some mere party question. --F. W. Robertson.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Politics Vaguely liberal-moderate, except for the strong libertarian contingent which rejects conventional left-right politics entirely. The only safe generalization is that hackers tend to be rather anti-authoritarian; thus, both conventional conservatism and `hard' leftism are rare. Hackers are far more likely than most non-hackers to either (a) be aggressively apolitical or (b) entertain peculiar or idiosyncratic political ideas and actually try to live by them day-to-day.