Controversial subject

• Delicate first-date topic
• Party activities?
• Part of the office rat race
• The opinion you hold with respect to political questions

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Politics " is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson . It is part of his Essays: Second Series , published in 1844. A premier philosopher, poet and leader of American transcendentalism , he used this essay to belie his feelings on government, specifically ...

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 ...