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pol·i·tics

politics

pronunciation:: pa lih tIks
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part of speech:	noun
definition 1:	Politics is the study of government and how governments work. A person who wants to enter government needs to understand politics.
definition 2:	Politics is all the different activities carried out by a government. It is also the activities connected with being or becoming a leader in government. Governor Finch was in politics for ten years as mayor of this city before she was elected governor of the state.Mr. Smith had always wanted to enter politics ever since he had been on the student council in high school.Ray's grandmother says she's not very interested in politics, but she does vote in every election.

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	broader category that includes politics
	culture, history
	some actions associated with politics
	advertise, advocate, contribute, debate
	some activities associated with politics
	convention, demonstration, election, party, platform, primary, protest, race
	some activities negatively associated with politics
	civil war, rebellion, revolution
	some descriptions of politics
	environmental, revolutionary, social
	some kinds of politics
	international, local, national
	some people associated with politics
	candidate, governor, mayor, minister, president, prime minister, senator
	some places associated with politics
	capitol, White House

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