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politicianship en · NOUN

Etymology

From politician + -ship.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The condition of, or the time served as, a politician.
    • That kind of politicianship belonged to a dying breed, he felt: a generation born, raised, and living their formative adult years in simplistic times with simplistic polarities; a binary world in which every issue had its positive Driving Fulbright Crazy. 2003, Nigel Hamilton, Bill Clinton: An American Journey: Great Expectations:
    • It is far from unthinkable that Hunter was capable of attempting such politicianship. 1946, Jane Marion Oppenheimer, New Aspects of John and William Hunter, →OCLC:
    • When somebody points up a piece of statesmanship (as opposed to politicianship) in either man's record, there is always the rejoinder: "He has been planning his Presidential climb for many years. This was part of the strategy." 1960, The Contemporary Review, volume 198, page 542: