Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "politics" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

office university

Capable Of

divide families spread ideas work both ends against middle

Causes Desire

wage war

Defined As

human leadership interaction

Derived Terms

Europolitics a week is a long time in politics aeropolitics agri-politics all politics are local all politics is local antipolitics astropolitics biopolitics bolitics cosmopolitics cyberpolitics dog whistle politics dog-whistle politics domopolitics econopolitics ecopolitics ethnopolitics exopolitics genopolitics geopolitics gesture politics glottopolitics high politics identity politics infrapolitics low politics machine politics macropolitics megapolitics metapolitics micropolitics narcopolitics necropolitics neuropolitics office politics ostrich politics palace politics palace-politics parapolitics parish pump politics party politics petropolitics play politics politard politic political politician politicize politics of envy politologist politology politonym politrickery politricks power politics psychopolitics respectability politics retail politics rubber stamp politics schizopolitics sexual politics sociopolitics superpolitics technopolitics telepolitics wedge politics

Inflected/Variant Forms

politic

Context

government

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

activity affairs opinion persuasion profession sentiment social relation social science thought view

Type Of (IsA)

activity affairs opinion profession social event social relation social science what politicians do

Related Terms

police policy polity

Related Terms

diplomacy government methodology police policy polite politic polity profession

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.