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# politics

noun (politics — uncountable, used with a singular or plural verb)

«politics» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Politics is the activities of governments and people who run a country, including elections and making laws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#m1)
2. Politics is the study of how countries are governed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#m2)
3. A person's politics are their opinions about how the country should be run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#m3)
4. (informal) Politics can mean arguing and plotting for power in any group: office politics, playground politics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#m4)

### In the lessons

In citizenship lessons pupils learn about voting, parliaments and political parties. In everyday life people argue about politics on the news. «Playground politics» is when friendship groups argue and take sides. Phrases: go into politics, talk politics, play politics.

### Examples

- My uncle is interested in politics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#x1)
- People in politics make laws for the country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#x2)
- She wants to go into politics when she grows up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#x3)
- We don't talk about politics at dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#x4)
- There's a lot of politics in our football club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#x5)
- Politics is studied at university. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#x6)
- About politics they had a good deal to say. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/#x7)

### Note

Ends in -s but is uncountable: «Politics is interesting» (as a subject). Related: political (adjective), politician (a person in politics), policy (a plan). Stress: POL-i-tics, but po-LIT-i-cal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «politics» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politics/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«politics» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/politics.html) on Mova free.