super-politicadj.
/ˌsuːpəˈpɒlᵻtɪk/, /ˌsjuːpəˈpɒlᵻtɪk/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈpɑləˌtɪk/ Now rare.† 1. Esp. with reference to the Jesuits: that is above or that overrules ordinary politics or policy. Obsolete.† 2. Exceedingly crafty. Obsolete.
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society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Society of Jesus > [adjective] > above or overrules ordinary politics or policy
super-politic1605
1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. E2 That superpolitique and irrefragable order (as they count it) of the Iesuites, who couple in their perswasions, as one God, and one Faith; so one Pope..and one King.
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 79 That super-politique and irrefragable Societie of the Loyolists.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 53 This super-politick Aphorisme, as one termes it, One Pope, and one King.
1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική viii. 152 At the Florentine Council the Latins acted their masterpiece of wit and stratagem, the greatest that hath been till the famous and superpolitick design of Trent.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > very or excessively
over-cunning1604
supersubtle1605
super-politic1659
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα ii. xxxi. 251 God hath satisfied either the superpolitick or the simple sort of Ministers with their own delusions.
1660 J. Gauden Κακουργοι 90 By a super-politick policy.
3. Overly or extremely politic.
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1866 Daily Milwaukee (Wisconsin) News 22 Nov. Timid and super-politic democratic presses are insincerely advising a surrender of the time-honored principles of the government to radicalism.
1885 J. D. Lynch Bench & Bar of Texas iii. 29 This discrimination and exclusion..was ludicrously superpolitic.
2005 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 9 Jan. She's gentle, intelligent, and after those rumours about her not getting on with her..castmates,..super-politic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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