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Synonyms for politic
ˈpɒl ɪ tɪkpolitic
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politic
Synonyms:
prudent, wise, sagacious, provident, diplomatic, judicious, cunning, wary, well devised, discreetAntonyms:
imprudent, unwise, improvident, undiplomatic, impolitic
Princeton's WordNet
politicadjective
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"
Antonyms:
impolitic, undiplomatic, inexpedient, unwisepolitic, smooth, suave, blandadjective
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
"he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
Synonyms:
smooth, fluid, placid, savourless, insipid, tranquil, unruffled, still, quiet, flavorless, flavourless, suave, vapid, savorless, legato, debonair, debonnaire, bland, flat, debonaire, fluent, liquidAntonyms:
undiplomatic, inexpedient, impolitic, unwise
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How to use politic in a sentence?
I think the last three to six weeks have been a turning point, we can always fight over the issues. But we need to cut out the cancer that is infecting the body politic of America.
Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.
Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?
The body politic has shifted left, there’s no question about it, and that’s toward more student-athlete empowerment.
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:
The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends.
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