{
    "term": "politics",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the activities involved in getting and using power in public life, and being able to influence decisions that affect a country or a society",
            "sensetop": "in politics",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "world/international politics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "domestic/national/local politics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "progressive/radical politics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is aiming for a career in politics.",
                    "contextForm": "in politics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a major figure in British politics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you considered **going into politics** *(= trying to become a Member of Parliament, Congress, etc.)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economy has been the major issue in **electoral politics**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This issue is beyond **partisan politics** *(= when people strongly support one party or another)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Politics is/are essentially about compromise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a churchman, he was accused of interfering in politics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He abandoned politics and went into business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He argued that it was not practical politics to abolish private schools."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have always followed politics closely."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In their world politics dominates everything."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's not talk politics now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Democrats are simply engaging in partisan politics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The legislation has been driven by populist politics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "reforms that are intended to reshape Italian politics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the issues which have dominated Irish politics"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["domestic", "internal", "county"],
                "verb + politics": ["enter", "go into", "abandon"],
                "politics + verb": [
                    "dominate something",
                    "drive something",
                    "motivate something"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "somebody’s involvement in politics",
                    "somebody’s participation in politics",
                    "the world of politics"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "matters connected with getting or using power within a particular group or organization",
            "sensetop": "the politics of something",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't want to get involved in office politics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the internal politics of the legal profession"
                },
                {
                    "text": "racial/gender/sexual politics *(= connected with relationships of power between different groups in society)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the politics of identity/race/gender",
                    "contextForm": "the politics of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the politics of fear/envy/division/hate *(= when people are influenced by fear, envy, etc.)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The politics of it all is/are complicated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He used dirty politics to trash his opponent's record."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the politics surrounding reproduction and fertility"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't understand the politics of it all."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["domestic", "internal", "county"],
                "verb + politics": ["enter", "go into", "abandon"],
                "politics + verb": [
                    "dominate something",
                    "drive something",
                    "motivate something"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "somebody’s involvement in politics",
                    "somebody’s participation in politics",
                    "the world of politics"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person’s political views or beliefs",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His politics are extreme."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His manners were as mild as his politics were extreme."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My personal politics are pretty simple."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["domestic", "internal", "county"],
                "verb + politics": ["enter", "go into", "abandon"],
                "politics + verb": [
                    "dominate something",
                    "drive something",
                    "motivate something"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "somebody’s involvement in politics",
                    "somebody’s participation in politics",
                    "the world of politics"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the study of government and politics",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a degree in Politics"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a system of political beliefs; a state of political affairs",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A politics of the future has to engage with new ideas."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɒlətɪks/",
                "audio": "po/politics/politics__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːlətɪks/",
                "audio": "po/politics/politics__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}