Definitions for: Politic


[adj] smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound
[adj] marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply"



Webster (1913) Definition: Pol"i*tic, a. [L. politicus political, Gr. ? belonging
to the citizens or to the state, fr.? citizen: cf. F.
politique. See Police, and cf. ePolitical.]
1. Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government;
political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

He with his people made all but one politic body.
--Sir P.
Sidney.

2. Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a
national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether
right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty.
``Enrich'd with politic grave counsel.'' --Shak.

3. 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; and in a bad sense, artful;
unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons.

Politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy.
--Shak.

Syn: Wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet; provident; wary;
artful; cunning.


Pol`i*tic, n.
A politician. [Archaic] --Bacon.

Swiftly the politic goes; is it dark? he borrows a
lantern; Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his
feet by the stars. --Lowell.

Synonyms: diplomatic, diplomatical, expedient, sagacious, smooth, suave

Antonyms: impolitic

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