Phrase guide

political scientist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An expert in political science.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a social scientist specializing in the study of government

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social scientist

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Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَالِم سِيَاسِيّ (ʕālim siyāsiyy) — political science expert
  • Arabic: عَالِمَة سِيَاسِيَّة (ʕālima siyāsiyya) — political science expert
  • Armenian: քաղաքագետ (kʻaġakʻaget) — political science expert
  • Belarusian: паліто́лаг (palitólah) — political science expert
  • Bulgarian: политоло́г (politológ) — political science expert
  • Bulgarian: политоло́жка (politolóžka) — political science expert
  • Catalan: politòleg — political science expert
  • Catalan: politòloga — political science expert
  • Catalan: politicòleg — political science expert
  • Chinese Mandarin: 政治學家 /政治学家 (zhèngzhìxuéjiā) — political science expert
  • Chinese Mandarin: 政治學者 /政治学者 (zhèngzhìxuézhě) — political science expert
  • Czech: politolog — political science expert
  • Czech: politoložka — political science expert
  • Danish: politolog — political science expert
  • Dutch: politicoloog — political science expert
  • Dutch: politicologe — political science expert
  • Estonian: politoloog — political science expert
  • Finnish: valtiotieteilijä — political science expert
  • French: politologue — political science expert
  • Galician: politólogo — political science expert
  • Galician: politóloga — political science expert
  • Galician: politicólogo — political science expert
  • Galician: politicóloga — political science expert
  • Georgian: პოლიტოლოგი (ṗoliṭologi) — political science expert
  • German: Politikwissenschaftler — political science expert
  • German: Politikwissenschaftlerin — political science expert
  • German: Politologe — political science expert
  • German: Politologin — political science expert
  • Hungarian: politológus — political science expert
  • Italian: politologo — political science expert
  • Italian: politologa — political science expert
  • Japanese: 政治学者 (seijigakusha) — political science expert
  • Khmer: អ្នកវិទ្យាសាស្ត្រនយោបាយ (nĕək vityiəsaah nĕəʼyoobaay) — political science expert
  • Korean: 정치학자 (jeongchihakja) — political science expert
  • Norwegian Bokmål: statsviter — political science expert
  • Polish: politolog — political science expert
  • Polish: politolożka — political science expert
  • Portuguese: cientista político — political science expert
  • Portuguese: politólogo — political science expert
  • Portuguese: politóloga — political science expert
  • Portuguese: politicologista — political science expert
  • Portuguese: politicólogo — political science expert
  • Portuguese: politicóloga — political science expert
  • Romanian: politolog — political science expert
  • Russian: полито́лог (politólog) — political science expert
  • Slovak: politológ — political science expert
  • Slovak: politologička — political science expert
  • Spanish: politólogo — political science expert
  • Spanish: politóloga — political science expert
  • Swahili: mwanasiasa — political science expert
  • Swedish: statsvetare — political science expert
  • Tagalog: dalubbanwa — political science expert
  • Thai: นักรัฐศาสตร์ (nák-rát-tà-sàat) — political science expert
  • Ukrainian: політо́лог (politóloh) — political science expert
  • Ukrainian: політологи́ня (politolohýnja) — political science expert
  • Vietnamese: nhà chính trị học — political science expert