Politics

Definition

politics /'pɒlǝtÇks/ n ၁။ (က) [sing or pl v ] ႏိုင္ငံေရး။ party politics ❍ local politics ❍ He's thinking of going into politics (eg trying to become a Member of Parliament, Congress, etc). (ခ) [pl] ႏိုင္ငံေရးခံယူခ်က္။ What are your politics? (ဂ) [sing v ] ( derog ) ပါတီႏိုင္ငံေရးေျခ႐ႈပ္မႈ။ They're not concerned with welfare: it's all politics! ၂။ [U] = POLITICAL SCIENCE: She's reading politics at university. ၃။ [sing v ] ( derog ) အဖြဲ႕အစည္းတစ္ရပ္အတြင္း အာဏာလုမႈ၊ ေျခ႐ႈပ္မႈ။ get involved in office politics ❍ sexual politics (ie concerning relationships of power in sexual matters or between the sexes).

Examples

1. Many people feel that their interests are not represented by mainstream politics.
2. Let’s not talk about politics now.
3. She’s heavily involved in local politics.
4. [go into/enter politics] : He entered politics at the age of 21.
5. Now that I’m self-employed
6. I don’t have to worry about office politics.
7. Her politics became more conservative as she grew older.
8. A degree in politics
9. [politics of] : The party is trying to exploit the politics of class envy.