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political animal

Noun

Meaning

political animal (plural political animals)

a person driven by political motives

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Man is naturally a political animal. Aristotle

Mystery is an emotion which is repugnant to a political animal. Norman Mailer

It would seem ... that man has been shocked by the war into forgetting how to be a political animal. This suspicion is confirmed by the spread of Fascism, which is a headlong flight into fantasy from the necessity for political thought. Rebecca West

I'm not really a political animal but I am rather fascinated by the meltdown of England and America. In the end, it seems as if America might come out of it, but I'm not sure if England is ever going to recover. Rupert Everett

A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good. Antoine Predock

The very things that I would love about Barack and that you would love about Barack is that he is one of us. He's a normal guy. He's not a political animal. Enrico Letta

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