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• The profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
• Science of "how who gets what"
• Risky dinner party topic
• House work

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Politics (from , definition "of, for, or relating to citizens") is the process of making decisions applying to all members of a group. More narrowly, it refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance — organized control over a human community, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, "science of government," from politic (adj.), modeled on Aristotle's ta politika "affairs of state," the name of his book on governing and governments, which was in English mid-15c. as "Polettiques." Also see -ics .Politicks is the science of good ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Politics \Pol"i*tics\, n. [Cf. F. politique, Gr. ? (sc.?). See Politic .] 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 ...