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poli sci

UK/ˈpɒ.liˌsaɪ/US/ˈpɑ.liˌsaɪ/

poli sci is the clipping of political science.

Meaning of political science

Noun

political science (countable and uncountable, plural political sciences)

  1. The systematic study of government and politics.
    • Kent Syler, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday evening that the "aggressive" gerrymandering will make it "very, very difficult" for Democrats to hold the seat in the 2022 midterms.2022 January 25, Andrew Stanton, “Jim Cooper Calls Out ‘Gerrymandering’ of Tennessee District, Will Not Seek Re-Election”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2022
  2. The analytical study of public policy and policies, past, present, and prospective.

Forms of poli sci

alternative formpolisci

Questions about poli sci

What is poli sci the clipping of?
Poli sci is the clipping of political science.
How do you pronounce poli sci?
Poli sci is pronounced /ˈpɑ.liˌsaɪ/ (US).

Words near poli sci in the dictionary

  1. Polhamus
  2. Polhamuses
  3. polhemusite
  4. polhode
  5. polhodes
  6. poli sci
  7. poli-sci
  8. Polia
  9. poliad
  10. polianite
  11. polianites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poli sci (page history and authors); political science (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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