Definition of policy

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Policy (n.) Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem..

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Policy :: Policy (n.) The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.
Courtly :: Courtly (a.) Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious.
Jingo :: "Jingo (n.) A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs..
Statist :: Statism (n.) The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.
Policy :: Policy (n.) Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit.
View :: View (n.) Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued..
Policy :: Policy (v. t.) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
Bonapartist :: Bonapartist (n.) One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes..
Party :: Party (v.) A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy..
Politic :: Politic (a.) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons..
Russophilist :: Russophilist (n.) One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement..
Do-nothing :: Do-nothing (a.) Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy..
Policy :: Policy (n.) The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See Insurance..
Reconstructive :: Reconstructive (a.) Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy..
Priestcraft :: Priestcraft (n.) Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others..
Measure :: Measure (a.) A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure..
Inclusion :: Inclusion (n.) The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy..
Denominationalism :: Denominationalism (n.) A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.
Secularist :: Secularist (n.) One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element..
Spoilsmonger :: Spoilsman (n.) One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service..
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