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office politics
Definition of office politics
often disapproving
: the activities, attitudes, or behaviors that are used to get or keep power or an advantage within a business or company
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: a special duty, charge, or position conferred by an exercise of governmental authority and for a public purpose : a position of authority to exercise a public function and to receive whatever emoluments may belong to it
: a position of responsibility or some degree of executive authority
: a prescribed form or service of worship
: the art or science of government
: the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy
: the art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a government
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