power politics


noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

political action characterized by the exercise or pursuit of power as a means of coercion.
international diplomacy based on the use or threatened use of military or economic power.

Origin of power politics

First recorded in 1935–40

Example sentences from the Web for power politics

  • All the international rivalries, the power-politics, the eternal pressures and constant crises.

    This Crowded Earth |Robert Bloch

British Dictionary definitions for power politics

power politics

noun

(functioning as singular) (in international affairs) the threat or use of force as an instrument of national policy