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03/30/10, 11:00 PM
realpolitik (ray-AHL-PO-li-teek, ree-)
noun: Politics guided by practical considerations, instead of principles or ethics.
Etymology
From German Realpolitik, from real (real, practical) + politik (politics).
Usage
"Also gone is Sarkozy's former mocking of realpolitik as a political cop-out of cynical diplomats without principles." — Bruce Crumley; Why France is Selling Warships to Russia; Time (New York); Mar 3, 2010.
"Under the strongman Soeharto and Cold War realpolitik pragmatism, Indonesia received large scale US military support that leapfrogged its defense capability among its Southeast Asian neighbors, despite widespread criticism from international civil rights groups." — Ristian Atriandi; Rethinking RI-US Military Ties; The Jakarta Post (Indonesia); Mar 17, 2010.
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noun: Politics guided by practical considerations, instead of principles or ethics.
Etymology
From German Realpolitik, from real (real, practical) + politik (politics).
Usage
"Also gone is Sarkozy's former mocking of realpolitik as a political cop-out of cynical diplomats without principles." — Bruce Crumley; Why France is Selling Warships to Russia; Time (New York); Mar 3, 2010.
"Under the strongman Soeharto and Cold War realpolitik pragmatism, Indonesia received large scale US military support that leapfrogged its defense capability among its Southeast Asian neighbors, despite widespread criticism from international civil rights groups." — Ristian Atriandi; Rethinking RI-US Military Ties; The Jakarta Post (Indonesia); Mar 17, 2010.
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