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political science

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The systematic study of government and politics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

The analytical study of public policy and policies, past, present, and prospective.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

the study of government of states and other political units

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: politics, government

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social science

Narrower terms: geopolitics, realpolitik, practical politics

History

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Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shkencë politike — study of politics
  • Arabic: عُلُوم سِيَاسِيَّة (ʕulūm siyāsiyya) — study of politics
  • Armenian: քաղաքագիտություն (kʻaġakʻagitutʻyun) — study of politics
  • Azerbaijani: siyasi elm — study of politics
  • Azerbaijani: politologiya — study of politics
  • Belarusian: палітало́гія (palitalóhija) — study of politics
  • Bengali: রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞান (raśṭrobiggên) — study of politics
  • Bulgarian: политоло́гия (politológija) — study of politics
  • Burmese: နိုင်ငံရေးသိပ္ပံ (nuingngam-re:sippam) — study of politics
  • Catalan: politologia — study of politics
  • Catalan: politicologia — study of politics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 政治學 /政治学 (zhèngzhìxué) — study of politics
  • Czech: politologie — study of politics
  • Danish: politologi — study of politics
  • Dutch: politicologie — study of politics
  • Estonian: politoloogia — study of politics
  • Finnish: valtiotiede — study of politics
  • French: science politique — study of politics
  • French: politologie — study of politics
  • French: science po — study of politics
  • Galician: ciencia política — study of politics
  • Galician: politoloxía — study of politics
  • Galician: politicoloxía — study of politics
  • Georgian: პოლიტიკური მეცნიერება (ṗoliṭiḳuri mecniereba) — study of politics
  • Georgian: პოლიტოლოგია (ṗoliṭologia) — study of politics
  • German: Politikwissenschaft — study of politics
  • German: Politologie — study of politics
  • Greek: πολιτική επιστήμη (politikí epistími) — study of politics
  • Hindi: राजनीति विज्ञान (rājnīti vijñān) — study of politics
  • Hindi: नीति (nīti) — study of politics
  • Hindi: नीतिविद्या (nītividyā) — study of politics
  • Hungarian: politikatudomány — study of politics
  • Hungarian: politológia — study of politics
  • Icelandic: stjórnmálafræði — study of politics
  • Indonesian: ilmu politik — study of politics
  • Irish: eolaíocht pholaitiúil — study of politics
  • Italian: scienza politica — study of politics
  • Japanese: 政治学 (seijigaku) — study of politics
  • Kazakh: саясаттану (saäsattanu) — study of politics
  • Khmer: វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រនយោបាយ (vityiəsaah nĕəʼyoobaay) — study of politics
  • Korean: 정치학 (jeongchihak) — study of politics
  • Northern Kurdish: siyasetnasî — study of politics
  • Northern Kurdish: polîtolojî — study of politics
  • Lao: ລັດຖະສາດ (lat tha sāt) — study of politics
  • Latvian: politoloģija — study of politics
  • Lithuanian: politologija — study of politics
  • Macedonian: политичка наука (politička nauka) — study of politics
  • Malay: sains politik — study of politics
  • Manx: oaylleeaght pholitickagh — study of politics
  • Marathi: राज्यशास्त्र (rājyaśāstra) — study of politics
  • Nepali: राजनीति विज्ञान (rājanīti vigyāna) — study of politics
  • Norwegian Bokmål: statsvitenskap — study of politics
  • Occitan: sciéncia politica — study of politics
  • Persian: علوم سیاسی ('olum-e siyâsi) — study of politics
  • Polish: politologia — study of politics
  • Portuguese: ciência política — study of politics
  • Portuguese: politologia — study of politics
  • Romanian: știință politică — study of politics
  • Romanian: politologie — study of politics
  • Russian: политоло́гия (politológija) — study of politics
  • Sanskrit: नीतिविद्या (nītividyā) — study of politics
  • Sanskrit: नीति (nīti) — study of politics
  • Serbo-Croatian: политоло̀гија — study of politics
  • Serbo-Croatian: politològija — study of politics
  • Sinhalese: දේශපාලන විද්යාව (dēśapālana widyāwa) — study of politics
  • Slovak: politológia — study of politics
  • Slovene: politologija — study of politics
  • Spanish: politología — study of politics
  • Spanish: ciencia política — study of politics
  • Swahili: sayansi ya siasa — study of politics
  • Swedish: statsvetenskap — study of politics
  • Swedish: statskunskap — study of politics
  • Tagalog: dalubbanwahan — study of politics
  • Tajik: сиёсатшиносӣ (siyosatšinosi) — study of politics
  • Thai: รัฐศาสตร์ (rát-tà-sàat) — study of politics
  • Turkish: politika bilimi — study of politics
  • Turkish: siyaset bilimi — study of politics
  • Ukrainian: політоло́гія (politolóhija) — study of politics
  • Urdu: سیاسیات (siyāsiyyāt) — study of politics
  • Vietnamese: chính trị học — study of politics
  • Welsh: gwyddor gwleidyddiaeth — study of politics
  • Zhuang: cwngciyoz — study of politics