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noun (n)

• social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power(noun.linkdef)

  Example:
  Office politics is often counterproductive.
  

  Synonym:
  political relation
  

  source: wordnet30
• the study of government of states and other political units(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  government, political science
  

  source: wordnet30
• the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• the opinion you hold with respect to political questions(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  political sympathies
  

  source: wordnet30
• the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government(noun.act)

  Example:
  Unemployment dominated the politics of the inter-war years.
  Government agencies multiplied beyond the control of representative politics.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913