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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations [syn: realpolitik, practical politics]

Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: German, from real actual + Politik politics Date: 1914 politics based on practical and material factors rather than on theoretical or ethical objectives

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. politics based on realities and material needs, rather than on morals or ideals. Etymology: G

Moby Thesaurus

Machtpolitik, Tammany Hall, bossism, career politics, confrontation politics, consensus politics, economics in action, empirical politics, kid-glove politics, machine politics, partisan politics, partisanism, peanut politics, petty politics, politics, polity, pork-barrel politics, power politics, practical politics, pressure-group politics, reform politics, silk-stocking politics, ward politics