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Cosmopolitical
Cosmopolitical Cos`mo*po*lit"ic*al (k?z`m?-p?-l?t"?-kal), a.
Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] --Hackluyt.
Impolitic
Impolitic Im*pol"i*tic, a. [Pref. im- not + politic; cf. F.
impolitique.]
Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise;
imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler,
law, or measure.
The most unjust and impolitic of all things, unequal
taxation. --Burke.
Syn: Indiscreet; inexpedient; undiplomatic.
ImpoliticalImpolitical Im`po*lit"i*cal, a.
Impolitic. [Obs.] -- Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly, adv. [Obs.]
--Bacon. ImpoliticallyImpolitical Im`po*lit"i*cal, a.
Impolitic. [Obs.] -- Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly, adv. [Obs.]
--Bacon. Impoliticly
Impoliticly Im*pol"i*tic*ly, adv.
In an impolitic manner.
Impoliticness
Impoliticness Im*pol"i*tic*ness, n.
The quality of being impolitic.
Metropolitical
Metropolitical Met`ro*po*lit"ic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis;
metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. --Bp. Hall.
Politic
Politic Pol`i*tic, n.
A politician. [Archaic] --Bacon.
Swiftly the politic goes; is it dark? he borrows a
lantern; Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his
feet by the stars. --Lowell.
PoliticalPolitical Po*lit"i*cal, a.
1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of
administration. [R.] ``A political government.' --Evelyn.
2. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics;
relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a
political writer. ``The political state of Europe.'
--Paley.
3. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state;
as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] --Sterne.
Political economy, that branch of political science or
philosophy which treats of the sources, and methods of
production and preservation, of the material wealth and
prosperity of nations. Political arithmeticArithmetic A*rith"me*tic, n. [OE. arsmetike, OF. arismetique,
L. arithmetica, fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ? arithmetical, fr. ?
to number, fr. ? number, prob. fr. same root as E. arm, the
idea of counting coming from that of fitting, attaching. See
Arm. The modern Eng. and French forms are accommodated to
the Greek.]
1. The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.
2. A book containing the principles of this science.
Arithmetic of sines, trigonometry.
Political arithmetic, the application of the science of
numbers to problems in civil government, political
economy, and social science.
Universal arithmetic, the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to
algebra. Political economyPolitical Po*lit"i*cal, a.
1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of
administration. [R.] ``A political government.' --Evelyn.
2. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics;
relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a
political writer. ``The political state of Europe.'
--Paley.
3. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state;
as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] --Sterne.
Political economy, that branch of political science or
philosophy which treats of the sources, and methods of
production and preservation, of the material wealth and
prosperity of nations. Politicalism
Politicalism Po*lit"i*cal*ism, n.
Zeal or party spirit in politics.
Politically
Politically Po*lit"i*cal*ly, adv.
1. In a political manner.
2. Politicly; artfully. [Obs.] --Knolles.
Politicaster
Politicaster Po*lit"i*cas`ter, n. [Cf. It. politicastro.]
A petty politician; a pretender in politics. --Milton.
PoliticianPolitician Pol`i*ti"cian, n. [Cf. F. politicien.]
1. One versed or experienced in the science of government;
one devoted to politics; a statesman.
While empiric politicians use deceit. --Dryden.
2. One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public
office, or to the success of a political party; -- used in
a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics
as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an
intriguer; as, a mere politician.
Like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things
thou dost not. --Shak.
The politician . . . ready to do anything that he
apprehends for his advantage. --South. Politician
Politician Pol`i*ti"cian, a.
Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful. ``Ill-meaning
politician lords.' --Milton.
Politicist
Politicist Po*lit"i*cist, n.
A political writer. [R.]
Politicly
Politicly Pol"i*tic*ly, adv.
In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully. --Pope.
PoliticsPolitics Pol"i*tics, n. [Cf. F. politique, Gr. ? (sc.?). See
Politic.]
1. The science of government; that part of ethics which has
to do with the regulation and government of a nation or
state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and
prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights
against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of
its strength and resources, and the protection of its
citizens in their rights, with the preservation and
improvement of their morals.
2. The management of a political party; the conduct and
contests of parties with reference to political measures
or the administration of public affairs; the advancement
of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or
dishonest management to secure the success of political
candidates or parties; political trickery.
When we say that two men are talking politics, we
often mean that they are wrangling about some mere
party question. --F. W.
Robertson. PolitiesPolity Pol"i*ty, n.; pl. Polities. [L. politia, Gr. ?: cf.
F. politie. See 1st Policy, Police.]
1. The form or constitution of the civil government of a
nation or state; the framework or organization by which
the various departments of government are combined into a
systematic whole. --Blackstone. Hooker.
2. Hence: The form or constitution by which any institution
is organized; the recognized principles which lie at the
foundation of any human institution.
Nor is possible that any form of polity, much less
polity ecclesiastical, should be good, unless God
himself be author of it. --Hooker.
3. Policy; art; management. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Syn: Policy.
Usage: Polity, Policy. These two words were originally
the same. Polity is now confined to the structure of a
government; as, civil or ecclesiastical polity; while
policy is applied to the scheme of management of
public affairs with reference to some aim or result;
as, foreign or domestic policy. Policy has the further
sense of skillful or cunning management. Politize
Politize Pol"i*tize, v. i.
To play the politician; to dispute as politicians do. [Obs.]
--Milton.
Superpolitic
Superpolitic Su`per*pol"i*tic, a.
More than politic; above or exceeding policy. --Milton.
Unpolitic
Unpolitic Un*pol"i*tic, a.
Impolitic; imprudent.
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