playing politics

ADJECTIVE

devious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calculating deceitful duplicitous fraudulent insidious insincere shrewd sly sneaky underhanded wily

WEAK

artful crooked double-dealing errant erring evasive faking one out fishy foxy guileful indirect not straightforward oblique obliquitous playing games put on roundabout scheming shady shifty sneaking surreptitious treacherous tricky

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fair forthright frank honest naive open sincere

WEAK

artless direct straight straightforward trustworthy truthful

Example Sentences

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"This isn't playing politics - it's taking politics very seriously," he tells the Today programme.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

“We’re not playing politics with this, we’re demanding real, transformative policy change,” Johnson said this week.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Politicians in both parties should do whatever they can to stop those killings from happening, instead of playing politics with life-or-death situations.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

“We’re trying to create a new way of playing politics that’s about solidarity, camaraderie, love — things that benefit all folks.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022

But he thought that still more amusement might be obtained by playing politics with people like Steinwitz, von Moll, and the immensely pompous Emperor.

From The Island Mystery by Birmingham, George A.

playing politics

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