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- German · borrowed fromRealpolitik
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Borrowed from German Realpolitik (literally “practical, realistic, fact-based, realism-based politics”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
realpolitik
Today it means: Pragmatic, often expansionist, diplomacy and politics focused on perceived national interests of the state to the near exclusion of ethical, moral, and theoretical objectives. Full definition →
German Realpolitik