Party activities?

• The opinion you hold with respect to political questions
• The profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
• Art of government

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
thumb|right|Photograph of William Butler Yeats taken February 7, 1933. "Politics" is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats written on May 24, 1938. It was composed during the time of the Spanish Civil War as well as during the pre-war period of Adolf ...

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 ...

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 ...