politics by Rt Hon John Redwood MP for Blogging Nation Week

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2010 Jan 13

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noun, the complex or aggregate of relationships of people in society, esp those relationships involving authority or power

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1) noun, the practice or study of the art and science of forming, directing, and administrating states and other political units; the art and science of government; political science
2) noun, the complex or aggregate of relationships of people in society, esp those relationships involving authority or power
3) noun, political activities or affairs
4) noun, the business or profession of politics
5) noun, any activity concerned with the acquisition of power, gaining one's own ends, etc
6) noun, opinions, principles, sympathies, etc, with respect to politics
7) noun, a) the policy-formulating aspects of government as distinguished from the administrative, or legal b) the civil functions of government as distinguished from the military

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