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Meanings of politic in English

Catalan
prudent
Spanish
prudente

Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication.

Related terms
prudent

Part of or related to politics.

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Examples for "political"
Examples for "political"
1
Such decisions carry political consequences, particularly in high-profile cases, legal experts said.
Reuters
2
All political parties accept there is a serious problem with alcohol abuse.
The Irish Times
3
The number of health service staff in England is a political issue.
The Guardian
4
The budget is a key point of political contention this election year.
Reuters
5
Talks stalled several months ago because of violence and Palestinian political turmoil.
The Irish Times
Usage of politic in English
1
Only after that question was answered would he ask: is it politic?
A journey: my political life
2
My temper rising, I sipped my wine to consider a politic answer.
Song of the Nile
3
Yet no schism will assail the general order of the body politic.
Foundations of World Unity
4
The Ruffian becomes one of the established orders of the body politic.
The Uncommercial Traveller
5
Also I instance men of standing in the loose Indian body politic.
The Forest
6
The Jingo fever having abated, another malady appeared in the body politic.
Collections and Recollections
7
Edward was choleric and stern in his choler, but judicious and politic.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2
8
The Abbe Maritime was a politic man, and believed in being diplomatic.
Original Short Stories — Volume 04
9
The country is better off, but the body politic is in disarray.
The new yorker
10
In this generation, in this dispensation, you be most politic, most witty.
Sermons on the Card, and Other Discourses
11
The truth would serve her better here than a lie, however politic.
Imajica: Complete Edition
12
The politic historian thought it prudent to qualify his remark before publication.
History of the Conquest of Peru / With a Preliminary View of the...
13
War, famine, and pestilence, the usual cures for corruption in bodies politic.
A Tale of a Tub
14
In this dearth of mundane satisfaction, we contract politic alliances with shadows.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
15
In truth, to all probable calculation, his change of purpose was politic.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 11
16
Pierre showed none of the international politic that usually was second nature.
Terminal Compromise
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Translations for politic
Politic through the time
Politic across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common