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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Politics \Pol"i*tics\, noun [Cf. F. politique, Gr. ? (sc.?). See {Politic}.]
1. The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals.
2. The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery.
When we say that two men are talking politics, we often mean that they are wrangling about some mere party question. --F. W. Robertson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
politics
noun
1: social relations involving authority or power [syn: {political relation}]
2: the study of government of states and other political units [syn: {political science}, {government}]
3: the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
4: the opinion you hold with respect to political questions [syn: {political sympathies}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "politics": Geopolitik, Machiavellianism, Machiavellism, civics, diplomacy, diplomatics, geopolitics, government, international relations, jobbery, jobbing, machination, manipulation, poli-sci, political behavior, political economy, political geography, political philosophy, political science, political theory, public administration, statecraft, statesmanship
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
Politics
Vaguely liberal-moderate, except for the strong libertarian contingent which rejects conventional left-right politics entirely. The only safe generalization is that hackers tend to be rather anti-authoritarian; thus, both conventional conservatism and 'hard' leftism are rare. Hackers are far more likely than most non-hackers to either (a) be aggressively apolitical or (b) entertain peculiar or idiosyncratic political ideas and actually try to live by them day-to-day.
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
POLITICS, noun A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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