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Translation

politics; policy

Word origin

An international word from Greek politike, the art of running the polis or city state, carried into Esperanto through forms like French politique.

Origin
Greek
Root
politike
English cognates
politics, policy

Examples

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He does not like talking about politics.

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The country needs a new policy on schools.

as .

She is interested in international politics.

One word, two senses that English splits: is both politics as a field and a policy, a chosen course of action, so is the school's policy, not its Westminster intrigues. Context sorts it out, as it does in French and German. A politician is a o, and the adjective politika covers both senses too.

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This word is part of lesson 21.