civilian politician

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilianandpolitician

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civilian
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us
/səˈvɪl.jən/
relating to a person who is not a member of the police or the ...
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politician
noun[C]
uk
/ˌpɒl.ɪˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌpɑː.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/
a member of a government or ...
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(Definition ofcivilianandpoliticianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is scarcely a department which is not run by a general, and where we did expect acivilianpoliticianat the head we find a major-general.
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Unlike the civilian politicians who might have been more suitable for the presidency, they were national heroes even before they moved into the national palace.
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Civilian politicians were primarily concerned to return armed forces to barracks and place them under civilian control.
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The literature on civil-military relations, for instance, makes abundantly clear the importance of examining the relationship between security forces and civilian politicians in post-transition politics.
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In the twentieth century, military and civilian politicians would frequently have confrontations but never again would civilians defeat the armed forces in such an impressive way.
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The whole episode is worth examining because it serves to illustrate a set of beliefs and assumptions about the relationship between civilian politicians and the security forces.
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Many persons who are predisposed by their interest in politics to become active citizens are 'turned off' from democracy by what they see as the illicit machinations of civilian politicians.
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His cabinet consisted solely of career bureaucrats as he distrusted career civilian politicians.
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Civilian politicians reorganized, reequipped, and professionalized the discredited armed forces and tried to subject them to civilian control.
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Several assassinations of civilian politicians followed; in the end, the army's expansionists policies prevailed.
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He then decreed martial law and fired civilian politicians in the provinces, replacing them with middle-ranking officers.
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They then sidelined the civilian politicians to a village of old trees to conduct seminars and draw up plans and programs in support of government policy.
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