politics

politics
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ domestic, internal
▪

the country's internal politics

▪

the internal politics of the legal profession

▪ county, local, national, regional
▪

She was active in local politics for many years.

▪ global, international, world
▪ democratic, electoral, multiparty, parliamentary, party
▪ presidential
▪ contemporary, modern
▪ mainstream
▪ conservative, extreme, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical, right-wing, etc.
▪

His manners were as mild as his politics were extreme.

▪ personal
▪

My personal politics are pretty simple.

▪ practical
▪

He argued that it was not practical politics to abolish private schools.

▪ power
▪

They took the view that Casper was playing power politics with their jobs at stake.

▪ consensus
▪

Consensus politics places a high value on existing political institutions.

▪ partisan (disapproving, esp. AmE)
▪

The Democrats are simply engaging in partisan politics.

▪ dirty
▪

He used dirty politics to trash his opponent's record.

▪ conviction (esp. BrE)
▪ identity
▪

multiculturalism and the rise of identity politics

▪ nationalist, sectarian
▪ cultural, environmental, feminist, gay, gender, racial, sexual, working-class
▪ office
▪

I don't want to get involved in office politics.

VERB + POLITICS
▪ enter, go into
▪

They went into politics in the hope of changing society.

▪ abandon, retire from
▪

He abandoned politics and went into business.

▪ be interested in, follow
▪

I have always followed politics closely.

▪ understand
▪

I don't understand the politics of it all.

▪ be active in, be engaged in, be immersed in, be involved in, engage in, participate in
▪ become active in, get immersed in, get involved in
▪ dabble in, play (informal)
▪ get embroiled in
▪ discuss, talk (informal), talk about
▪

Let's not talk politics now.

▪ dabble in, interfere in, intervene in, meddle in (esp. BrE)
▪

As a churchman, he was accused of interfering in politics.

▪ dominate
▪

the issues which have dominated Irish politics

▪ influence, reshape, shape
▪

reforms that are intended to reshape Italian politics

POLITICS + VERB
▪ dominate sth, drive sth, motivate sth
▪

In their world politics dominates everything.

▪

The legislation has been driven by populist politics.

▪ affect sth
▪ surround sth
▪

the politics surrounding reproduction and fertility

▪ play a role
▪

the role politics played in daily life

PHRASES
▪ sb's involvement in politics, sb's participation in politics
▪ the world of politics

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