politique
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politiques
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French History. a member of a group of 16th and 17th century politicians who advocated for a strong monarchy and religious tolerance.
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a politician, usually one who is seen as calculating and unscrupulous.
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Meals are prepared and consumed according to a delicate politique.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2018
Developed in a 1954 essay by French critic/filmmaker François Truffaut as “la politique des Auteurs,” auteur theory held that the director was the guiding artistic intelligence of a given film.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2017
It's not about the politique politicienne, as the French say.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2015
Perhaps, but it is hard not to be reminded of the politique du pire in other societies that underwent prolonged upheaval.
From Newsweek ● Jul. 6, 2013
The juniors to-day make fun of it, it is true, and greet each other daily with the salutation, "La situation politique est très grave," and laugh at the good words.
From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale
He received a master’s degree cum laude in international affairs from Institut d’études politiques de Paris.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2018
Shortly after his becoming a member of the French Academy, he publishes his "Harmonies politiques et religieuses."
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
But the "politiques" rallied to the throne and the League rapidly melted away.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
In 1901 he was elected to the Academie des Sciences morales et politiques, and became a member of the Institute.
From Bergson and His Philosophy by John Alexander Gunn
The Rhodope district long retained a kind of independence, see Les Événements politiques en Bulgarie, by A.G.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by John Holland Rose
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