political science

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political science (countable and uncountable, plural political sciences)

1. The systematic study of government and politics.
   • 2022 January 25, Andrew Stanton, “Jim Cooper Calls Out ‘Gerrymandering’ of Tennessee District, Will Not Seek Re-Election”, in Newsweek‎^[1]:

     Kent Syler, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday evening that the "aggressive" gerrymandering will make it "very, very difficult" for Democrats to hold the seat in the 2022 midterms.

2. The analytical study of public policy and policies, past, present, and prospective.

• social science

• political scientist