Word family noun politician politics politicization politicking politico adjective political politicized apolitical politic verb politicize adverb politically
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpolitickingpol‧i‧tick‧ing /ˈpɒlətɪkɪŋ $ ˈpɑː-/ noun [uncountable] POLITICSpolitical activity, usually done to gain support for yourself or your political group the politicking at the party conferenceExamples from the Corpus
politicking• There are also difficulties of child-rearing and politicking at one and the same time.• The politicking between the ruwatu is kept at a relatively low-key level, for they rarely meet as a group.• It is easy to assume that people were therefore pursuing their own interests, were unprincipled when they went about their politicking.• Such cut-and-thrust politicking has always been Mr Brown's speciality.• The House's session will be shortened due to election-year politicking.Origin politicking (1900-2000) politics 