politique

From Middle French politique.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɒlɪˈtiːk/

politique (plural politiques)

1. (chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
   • 2012, Peter Marshall, ‘Occult Following’, Literary Review 404:

     Modern historical assessments of Cecil have veered from that of the cynical, secular politique to the image of the committed Protestant ideologue […]

Variant forms.

politique (comparative more politique, superlative most politique)

1. Obsolete form of politic.

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From Latin politicus.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.tik/

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politique (plural politiques)

1. political

politique f (plural politiques)

1. (uncountable) politics
2. policy

• German: Politik

• politicien
• homme politique
• femme politique

• “politique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολῑτικός (polītikós, “civic, constitutional, public”), from πόλις (pólis, “city”).

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politique m or f

1. (Jersey) political

politique f (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) politics