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politics | trousers |

As an adjective politics

is .

As a noun trousers is

an article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.

politics

Noun

  • (countable) A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement.
  • * 1996 , Jan Jindy Pettman, Worlding Women: A feminist international politics , pages ix-x:
  • There are by now many feminisms (Tong, 1989; Humm, 1992). [...] They are in shifting alliance or contest with postmodern critiques, which at times seem to threaten the very category 'women' and its possibilities for a feminist politics .
  • (countable) The profession of conducting political affairs.
  • ''He made a career out of politics .
  • (countable) One's political stands and opinions.
  • Their politics are clear from the bumper stickers on their cars.
  • (uncountable) Political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, influence or conflict.
  • There's too much politics in this organization.

    Derived terms

    * geopolitics * necropolitics * palace politics * petropolitics * politic * political * politician * politicize * sexual politics * wedge politics

    trousers

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.
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  • *:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
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  • Synonyms

    * (article of clothing) (Australia)

    Usage notes

    * "Pants" is about four times more common in the US than "trousers", based on use in COCA. * "Trousers" is about nine times more common in the UK than "pants", based on use in BNC. * "Slacks" about one tenth as common as "pants" in the US and "trousers" in the UK.

    Hyponyms

    * jeans * pantaloons * shorts * slacks * See also