realpolitik
pronunciation
How to pronounce realpolitik in British English:
UK [reɪˈɑ:lpɒlɪti:k]
How to pronounce realpolitik in American English:
US [reɪˈɑlpɑlɪtik]
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- Noun:
- politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations
Word Origin
- realpolitik (n.)
- 1914, from German Realpolitik, which can be translated as "practical politics." See real (adj.) + politics.
Example
- 1. Nation states live in a rougher world of realpolitik .
- 2. But when it comes to realpolitik , this conclusion may be temporary .
- 3. Both in terms of principle and realpolitik , the lehman decision was sound .
- 4. Helping the arabs sort themselves out is not naive do-goodery ; it is rooted in kissingerian realpolitik .
- 5. Had bp bribed libyan officials with hard cash , it would have been in trouble under the us foreign corrupt practices act , but commercial realpolitik is not illegal .