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politic |
Grep of noun politic body politic political action committee political arena political boss political campaign political commissar political correctitude political correctness political detainee political dissident political economy political hack political incorrectness political leader political liberty political machine political movement political orientation political party political platform political prisoner political program political relation political science political scientist political sphere political sympathies political system political theory political unit politician politico politics Overview of adj politic The adj politic has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) politic -- (marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply") 2. politic, smooth, suave -- (smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound) Antonyms of adj politic 2 senses of politic Sense 1 politic (vs. impolitic) impolitic (vs. politic) => tactless, undiplomatic => inexpedient, unwise Sense 2 politic, smooth, suave INDIRECT (VIA diplomatic) -> undiplomatic Similarity of adj politic 2 senses of politic Sense 1 politic (vs. impolitic) => expedient => sagacious Also See-> diplomatic#2, diplomatical#1 Sense 2 politic, smooth, suave => diplomatic (vs. undiplomatic), diplomatical Attributes of adj politic Familiarity of adj politic politic used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj politic impolitic politic political politically correct politically incorrect Overview of adj politic The adj politic has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) politic -- (marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply") 2. politic, smooth, suave -- (smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound)
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