Realpolitiker

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German

Etymology

Realpolitik +‎ -er

Noun

Realpolitiker m (strong, genitive Realpolitikers, plural Realpolitiker, feminine Realpolitikerin)

  1. political realist, realpolitiker
    Synonym: (in some contexts) Realo
    • 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 480:
      Seinerzeit im Frankfurter Parlament hatten gewisse hochbedeutende Männer gesessen, aber es waren noch keine Realpolitiker gewesen, und darum hatten sie nichts als Unsinn gemacht, wie Diederich bemerkte.
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