politician

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His track record as a politician is alarmingly short and undistinguished and his accomplishments in the private sector are simply non-existent.

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  1. noun One who is actively involved in politics, especially party politics.
  2. noun One who holds or seeks a political office.
  3. noun One who seeks personal or partisan gain, often by scheming and maneuvering: "Mothers may still want their favorite sons to grow up to be President, but . . . they do not want them to become politicians in the process” (John F. Kennedy).
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  • The enormous difference between the tasks of the theoreticianand the politician is also the reason why a union of both in one personis almost never found. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: The Beginning of My Political Activity
  • Exposing a female politician's 17-year-old pregnant daughter and then implying that the politician is an unfit mother and should have stayed at home to tend to the children is simply discriminatory. —  RVABlogs
  • Of course, if a politician were an atheist, then they wouldn't have gotten this far. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • But his campaign has taken the point a step further, implying that Obama the politician is a direct descendant of Obama the organizer -- that he has carried the practices and principles of community organizing into his campaign, and would carry them into the White House as well. —  Latest Articles
  • The only attribute that should and will speak to the character of a politician is their background and stand on the issues —  The Reality Check
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  1. Formerly also polititian, polititien; from French politicien, a politician; as politic + -ian.
 

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/pɑlɪˈtɪʃən/
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