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realpolitik

real·po·li·tik

UK/ɹeɪˈɑːlpɒlɪˌtiːk/ US/ɹeɪˈɑlpoʊlɪˌtik/ uncommon

noun

1.

politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations

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Origin

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

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