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politician

[pol-i-tish-uhn]

noun

a person who is active in party politics.

a seeker or holder of public office, who is more concerned about winning favor or retaining power than about maintaining principles.

a person who holds a political office.

a person skilled in political government or administration; statesman or stateswoman.

an expert in politics or political government.

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a person who seeks to gain power or advancement within an organization in ways that are generally disapproved.

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Origin:
1580–90; < French politicien. See politic, -ian

Related forms

non·pol·i·ti·cian, noun

self-pol·i·ti·cian, noun

Synonyms
4. Politician, statesman refer to one skilled in politics. These terms differ particularly in their connotations; politician is more often derogatory, and statesman laudatory. Politician suggests the schemes and devices of a person who engages in (especially small) politics for party ends or for one's own advantage: a dishonest politician. Statesman suggests the eminent ability, foresight, and unselfish patriotic devotion of a person dealing with (especially important or great) affairs of state: a distinguished statesman.

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Example Sentences

He notes that during a campaign, a local politician once.

For any other politician of his age, that would be that, a statesman's final flourish.

One politician claimed women's suffrage started as a joke.

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He notes that during a campaign, a local politician once.

For any other politician of his age, that would be that, a statesman's final flourish.

One politician claimed women's suffrage started as a joke.

There's nothing newsworthy in printing a statistic and the obsequiously aped concern of a politician.

No politician on the left or right has suggested raising the gas tax in almost a decade.

Two, it elevates the candidate into an idol, not a politician.

What a shrunken version of that politician now occupies the presidency.

If a politician can make a buck by opposing it, he will.

Retaining top talent always requires what the market will bear, not what a politician thinks is fair.

One complaint from a student, parent, or politician is all it may take.

Germany, whose top politician has a doctorate in quantum chemistry, seems to approve of scientists playing a big role in politics.

He was the first actor to attain a serious politician position.

Not a single person charged with any kind of malfeasance, no politician called to account, no security officials dismissed.

The easiest approach is to blame a current or former politician for everything that goes wrong.

They prefer stealth taxes for the simple reason that they are not transparent and the politician can avoid honesty.

Seems a no brainer if you are a sell-out err politician.

On the other hand, try to find a politician or political pundit who admits that their biases were wrong in the slightest way.

No politician with an ounce of self-preservation would touch this with a ten foot pole, except to shut it down.

Besides the politician echo the calls of the movement.

Johnson, the well-known politician and lawyer, had.

Then he does what every good politician does: he spins.

The authorities accused a local politician and his armed followers of the crime-a charge the politician has denied in court.

The politician who loses a word on the tip of his tongue during a stump speech is experiencing the sin of blocking.

And politician on both sides of the aisle speak in.

Nor does any other mainstream politician have particular influence over the paramilitaries.

Furthermore, to withold findings out of fear a politician might distort it is equally unethical.

Leiter didn't single out any politician or commenter for scorn.

In the end voters, not journalists, must decide whether a politician is serious or not.

Likely she is acclimated to guests who are more politician than scientist, and clearly she is highly skilled in her job:.

Clearly this student will grow up to become a politician.

She's not a politician, she's a one-person reality show masquerading as a politician.

He was a first-rate politician who governed the country well.

But they also wanted to help, say, a wine merchant who wants to advocate the defeat of a politician who jacks up booze taxes.

I'd rather see a scientist practicing law or politics than a lawyer or politician practicing science.

Proctor is in fact not a scientist, but a politician.

The world will only truly be free when the last politician is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

The first mention of religion for a politician up here means political suicide.

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World English Dictionary

politician (ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃən)

—n
1.	a person actively engaged in politics, esp a full-time professional member of a deliberative assembly
2.	a person who is experienced or skilled in the art or science of politics, government, or administration; statesman
3.	derogatory chiefly (US) a person who engages in politics out of a wish for personal gain, as realized by holding a public office

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Word Origin & History

politician

1588, from politics (q.v.). Colloquial abbreviated form pol is attested from 1942. Alternative form politico (usually in a derogatory sense) is attested from 1630, from It. or Sp. politico, noun use of adj. meaning "political," from L. politicus (see politic).

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