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Meanings of practical politics in English

Catalan
realpolitik
Spanish
realpolitik

Politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations.

        realpolitik
        Usage of practical politics in English
        1
        What I have lost is my old childlike faith in practical politics.
        Orthodoxy
        2
        Furthermore his is the party that understands what I call practical politics.
        An Amiable Charlatan
        3
        Recently there died the greatest master of practical politics America has produced.
        The Young Man and the World
        4
        Politics, practical politics, will be such an outlet for my personality, too.
        Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers
        5
        This is a matter of practical politics and a demonstration of reciprocal solidarity.
        The Irish Times
        6
        I believe in political organizations, and I believe in practical politics.
        Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
        7
        Neither branch of the supposed alternative was within the range of practical politics.
        The Life of Froude
        8
        Home Rule seemed hopelessly out of the range of practical politics.
        John Redmond's Last Years
        9
        Concerning these important instruments of practical politics, the Constitution is silent.
        Problems in American Democracy
        10
        We have here an example of his aptitude for practical politics.
        New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1 /...
        11
        But what we call practical politics was always distasteful to him.
        Literary and Social Essays
        12
        Luke, I'm no relative of Lem Ferguson's when it comes to practical politics.
        The Ramrodders: A Novel
        13
        However, it was clear that the matter was within the sphere of practical politics.
        The Problem of China
        14
        This took the Home Rule question out of practical politics.
        Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for P...
        15
        Nothing would remain but practical politics, and already she sickened of the sordid subject.
        The Mayor of Warwick
        16
        This is a private interlude: we return to practical politics.
        Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles
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        United Kingdom
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        United States of America
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