art of the possible

Noun

Meaning

the art of the possible

(chiefly politics) pragmatism, realism

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Synonyms

politics governance civics statesmanship

Examples

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith

I write fantasy. The only science fiction I have written is Fahrenheit 451. It's the art of the possible. Science fiction is the art of the possible. It could happen. It has happened. Ray Bradbury

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible. Jacques Chirac

Christianity in its ideas was never the art of the possible. Barbara Tuchman

Close letter words and terms

art of riding horses art of speaking art of teaching art of war art of warfare art of writing epistles