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Etymology 1

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From French politique, from Latin politicus. Doublet of politic.

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politique (plural politiques)

  1. (chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
    • 2012, Peter Marshall, “Occult Following”, in Literary Review, section 404:
      Modern historical assessments of Cecil have veered from that of the cynical, secular politique to the image of the committed Protestant ideologue []
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Etymology 2

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politique (comparative more politique, superlative most politique)

  1. Obsolete form of politic.
    • 1579, John Lyly, Euphues and his England:
      And surely me thinketh we cannot better bestowe our time on the Sea, then in aduice how to behaue our selues when we come to the shore: for greater daunger is there to ariue in a straunge countrey where the inhabitauntes be politique, then to be tossed with the troublesome waues, where the Marriners be vnskilfull.
    • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Boldness”, in The Essayes [], 3rd edition, London: [] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
      Politique Body
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French

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Learned borrowing from Latin polīticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós).

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  • IPA(key): /pɔ.li.tik/
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politique (plural politiques)

  1. political
    économie politiquepolitical economy
    parti politiquepolitical party
    prisonnier politiquepolitical prisoner
    homme politiquemale politician
    femme politiquefemale politician
    sciences politiquespolitical science
    rectitude politiquepolitical correctness

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  • Polish: polityczny

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politique f (countable and uncountable, plural politiques)

  1. (uncountable) politics
  2. (countable) policy
    politique de l’autrucheostrich policy
    politique du saucissonnagesalami technique

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politique m or f by sense (plural politiques)

  1. politician
    Synonym: politicien

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politique m (uncountable)

  1. the political world, the political sphere; politicians taken collectively
    méfiance à l’égard du politique(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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From Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολῑτικός (polītikós, civic, constitutional, public), from πόλις (pólis, city).

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politique m or f

  1. (Jersey) political

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politique f (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey) politics

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politique

  1. inflection of politicar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative