How once nemesi German enriches the British language! II

APpearing on your screen soon:) Free German and English less, continued from Yesterday's,
yeah, when awe your troubles seemd so far away:)
And awe of mind seemd hear to stay!:( -- Desiderata, doing more INTERnational service
wit' aMore SMSes, and making an aSspirant German of myself:)

A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg

realpolitik

PRONUNCIATION:
(ray-AHL-paw-li-teek, ree-)

MEANING:
noun: Politics guided by practical considerations, instead of principles or ethics.

ETYMOLOGY:
From German Realpolitik, from real (real, practical) + politik (politics).

USAGE:
"Also gone is Sarkozy's former mocking of realpolitik as a political cop-out of cynical diplomats without principles."
Bruce Crumley; Why France is Selling Warships to Russia; Time (New York); Mar 3, 2010.

"Under the strongman Soeharto and Cold War realpolitik pragmatism, Indonesia received large scale US military support that leapfrogged its defense capability among its Southeast Asian neighbors, despite widespread criticism from international civil rights groups."
Ristian Atriandi; Rethinking RI-US Military Ties; The Jakarta Post (Indonesia); Mar 17, 2010.

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents. -Peter Mere Latham, physician and educator (1789-1875)