politics

Noun

• the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government
  • unemployment dominated the politics of the inter-war years
    
  • government agencies multiplied beyond the control of representative politics
    

• the opinion you hold with respect to political questions

• the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs

• the study of government of states and other political units

• social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
  • office politics is often counterproductive
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  political sympathies , political science , government , political relation