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realpolitiks

realpolitiks is the plural of realpolitik.

Meaning of realpolitik

Noun

realpolitik (countable and uncountable, plural realpolitiks)

  1. Pragmatic, often expansionist, diplomacy and politics focused on perceived national interests of the state to the near exclusion of ethical, moral, and theoretical objectives.
    • It is Realpolitik in sport, and a Realpolitik which is not wholly unknown in England; but while the spirit of Realpolitik is still perceivable in German sport, it is equally perceivable that the standard English way of viewing sporting competition is becoming more and more approached in Germany.1913, Stanley Shaw, William of Germany, page 357

Questions about realpolitiks

What is realpolitiks the plural of?
Realpolitiks is the plural of realpolitik.

Words near realpolitiks in the dictionary

  1. realpoliticians
  2. realpolitik
  3. realpolitikal
  4. realpolitiker
  5. realpolitikers
  6. realpolitiks
  7. reals
  8. realschule
  9. realsome
  10. realspace
  11. realter

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