Politic vs Manoeuvring - What's the difference?
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(archaic) Of or relating to polity, or civil government; political.
* (rfdate) Sir (Philip Sidney)
(archaic) Relating to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; said of things.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare
(archaic) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious
* (rfdate) Shakespeare
, prudent and expedient.
and diplomatic.
, crafty or cunning.
(archaic) A politician.
* Lowell
A manoeuvre.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 14, author=Chantal Hébert, title=NDP can expect a bumpy ride with Stephen Harper, work=Toronto Star
, passage=The immediate consequence of the high-wire political manoeuvrings of the past two weeks is that today MPs are returning to a destabilized Parliament.}}
Politic is a related term of manoeuvring.
As an adjective politic
is political.As a noun manoeuvring is
a manoeuvre.As a verb manoeuvring is
.politic
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Alternative forms
* politick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- the body politic
- He with his people made all but one politic body.
- a politic treaty
- enrich'd with politic grave counsel
- Politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy.
Antonyms
* impoliticNoun
(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
- Swiftly the politic goes; is it dark? he borrows a lantern; / Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars.
manoeuvring
English
Noun
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