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How to spell politician

Politician is spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-C-I-A-N.

What it means: A person who holds or runs for an elected government office.

In a sentence: The politician gave a speech about helping the community. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: politics, political, politically, policy. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Politician comes from the Greek word 'polis,' meaning 'city' or 'citizens,' through Latin and French. The suffix '-ian' shows a person connected with something, so a politician is literally a person connected with public or city affairs.

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