Realpolitik

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

realpolitik
    n 1: politics based on practical rather than moral or
         ideological considerations [syn: {realpolitik}, {practical
         politics}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "Realpolitik":
      Machtpolitik, Tammany Hall, bossism, career politics,
      confrontation politics, consensus politics, economics in action,
      empirical politics, kid-glove politics, machine politics,
      partisan politics, partisanism, peanut politics, petty politics,
      politics, polity, pork-barrel politics, power politics,
      practical politics, pressure-group politics, reform politics,
      silk-stocking politics, ward politics

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