Authority
Politics
Politics noun - The activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government.
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Synonyms for Politics
Authority and politics are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Politics".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- power and authority
- power and politics
- direction and authority
- direction and politics
- supervision and authority
- supervision and politics
- control and authority
- control and politics
- administration and authority
- administration and politics
- influence and authority
- influence and politics
- command and authority
- command and politics
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Pretty much every authority figure in Ptolus has a reason they're in the position in the first place, are well-respected, and haven't been enveloped by the city by the spire's intense politics.
Source: Reasonable Authority Figure -
Authority in Name Only: Nobody takes Wendel, the governor seriously, mostly because he really does not have any politics to do.
- Admirals have little authority and mostly play politics to get their way, while scheming to topple the Alliance government.
Source: Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond
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