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
Mr. Layard impressed me as more taken up with concerns of Nineveh and Wardour Street than of la haute politique.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea
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
It is killing to hear them talk politics—discussing all the most burning questions with a sort of easy persiflage and "esprit de conciliation" that would astound our "grands politiques" at home.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Mary Alsop King Waddington
A wise and moderate woman, Diane undoubtedly helped to make Francis de Montmorency one of the leaders of the party of the politiques.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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
Knox was going about to destroy the scheme of les politiques, Randolph, Lethington, and the Lord James.
From John Knox and the Reformation by Andrew Lang
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