Realpolitik
POLITICS BASED ON CONSIDERATIONS OF GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES AND FACTORS, RATHER THAN IDEOLOGICAL NOTIONS OR MORAL AND ETHICAL PREMISES
Real-politik; Realpolitick; Real politik; Real politic; Realpolik; Realpolitiks; Realpolitic; Pragmatic politics; Art of the possible
Realpolitik (; ) refers to enacting or engaging in diplomatic or political policies based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than strictly binding itself to explicit ideological notions or moral and ethical premises. In this respect, it shares aspects of its philosophical approach with those of realism and pragmatism.