Politic

pōl′i-tik, adj. pertaining to policy: well-devised: judicious in management: skilled in political affairs: prudent: discreet: cunning: ( Shak. ) concerned with politics.— adj. Polit′ical , pertaining to polity or government: pertaining to nations, or to parties in a nation who differ in their views of how it ought to be governed: derived from government.— adv. Polit′ically .— ns. Polit′icaster ( Milt. ), a petty politician; Politic′ian , one versed in or devoted to politics: a man of artifice and cunning.— adj. ( Milt. ) politic.— adv. Pol′iticly .— n.sing. Pol′itics , the art or science of government: the management of a political party: political affairs or opinions.— adj. Pol′itique ( Bacon ), political, civil.— n. Pol′ity , the constitution of the government of a state or an institution: civil constitution: a body of people arranged under a system of government.— Political economy , the science which treats of the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth; Political science , the science or study of government, as to its principles, aims, methods, .— Body politic , the whole body of a people, as constituting a state. [Fr. politique —Gr. politikos — pol itēs , a citizen.]