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Antonyms for policy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pol-uh-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒl ə si


Definition of policy

Origin :
  • "way of management," late 14c., policie, "study or practice of government; good government;" from Old French policie (14c.) "political organization, civil administration," from Late Latin politia "the state, civil administration," from Greek politeia "state, administration, government, citizenship," from polites "citizen," from polis "city, state" (see polis). Meaning "plan of action, way of management" first recorded c.1400.
  • noun procedure, tactics
Example sentences :
  • We have a just right to expect that our European policy will be the American policy of European courts.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • We have exacted from him what is at variance with the fixed Chinese policy of ages.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • We have never practiced the policy of competitive armaments.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Mr. Gladstone said that the policy of the Government was to "rescue and retire."
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The policy of the opposition was coercion, while that of the government was autonomy.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • It was characterized as "a policy of which peace, progress and retrenchment were the watchwords."
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The policy of excluding the coasting trade from the measure he also condemned.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • She must not be sacrificed to policy or ambition, and she must not be left to suffer from the dread of it.
  • Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
  • We agreed to this also, but were soon convinced their policy was to take us prisoners.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone » by John Filson
  • The most marked incident in that policy has been the retention of Chitral.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

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