outpolitick

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verb

To outdo in politics.

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Meanings

verboutpolitick (third-person singular simple present outpoliticks, present participle outpoliticking, simple past and past participle outpoliticked)

present singular third person outpoliticks · participle present outpoliticking · participle past outpoliticked · past outpoliticked

  1. transitiveTo outdo in politics.

    That Chicago would swallow the midwestern sea, smother it in concrete, or that the lake wielded enough strength to outpolitick even Mayor Richard J. Daley?

    2004, Susan Power, Roofwalker, page 190
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    He could outpolitick even the most experienced professionals, and he possessed an uncanny sixth sense—he knew precisely the means necessary to win votes or get bills passed.

    1991, Michael L. Kurtz, Morgan D. Peoples, Earl K. Long: The Saga of Uncle Earl and Louisiana Politics, page 1

Origin

From out- + politick.

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APA

outpolitick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpolitick

MLA

“outpolitick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpolitick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outpolitick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpolitick.

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