Philosophy & ThoughtGreek → English
Politics
The activities of governing a society.
The Greek roots
πόλις
pólis
city, city-state
Literally: “affairs of the city”
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The story of the word
The 'things of the pólis' — the business of the city-state, home also to police, policy, and metropolis.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
Local politics dominated every dinner conversation.