Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Pragmatic, often expansionist, diplomacy and politics focused on perceived national interests of the state to the near exclusion of ethical, moral, and theoretical objectives.

    Realpolitik

    реа́льная поли́тикаreálʹnaja polítika, реалполити́кrealpolitík

    реа́льна полі́тикаreálʹna polítyka

More definitions
  • politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
pragmatic international government policy:
Русский
By meaning 1
pragmatic international government policy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pragmatic international government policy:

Origin

Borrowed from German Realpolitik (literally “practical, realistic, fact-based, realism-bas

Borrowed from German Realpolitik (literally “practical, realistic, fact-based, realism-based politics”).

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Forms

plural: realpolitiks

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations:practical politics

Word family

4 related words

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