New Politics

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

1. politics concerned more with grass-roots participation in the political process than with party loyalty or affiliation: identified especially with the candidacies of Senators Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern.

Word History and Origins

Origin of New Politics¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid indeed spoke of New Politics, but by no means offered anything nearing a fresh agenda.

From The Daily Beast

But the New Politics has arrived, truly of its time and place, to meet the hour and the test.

From The Daily Beast

It would put some action behind all of his talk about the new politics of hope and change and the merits of post-partisanship.

From The Daily Beast

Osterman's dexterity had at last succeeded in entangling Magnus inextricably in the new politics.

From Project Gutenberg

A change came with the new philosophy and the new politics of the Macedonian era.

From Project Gutenberg

Others there were, however, who viewed the new politics of France with horror.

From Project Gutenberg