Word family noun politician politics politicization politicking politico adjective political politicized apolitical politic verb politicize adverb politically
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpoliticpol‧i‧tic /ˈpɒlətɪk $ ˈpɑː-/ adjective formal SENSIBLEsensible and likely to gain you an advantage SYN prudentit is politic to do something It would not be politic to ignore the reporters. → politics, body politicExamples from the Corpus
politic• In this most political of cities, what a woman wears must be politic.• His Caesar is a cool, politic figure, shallow and almost silly.• Had Stiles been more politic, he would have used the information in court.• Judge Lyttle, politic in the ways a judge can be, treats reporters well.Origin politic (1400-1500) French politique, from Latin politicus, from Greek politikos, from polites “citizen”, from polis “city” 