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political scientist

political scientist

29 3.7
A person who studies government and how people and groups make decisions about power
  • noun
  • /pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈsaɪəntɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : politólogo
  • The fall of 1987 was a propitious time to be a political scientist in China.
  • political scientists and sociologists
  • political scientists and economists
  • Most political scientists

And I I think that the answer here is in that work I mentioned of a political scientist called Stuart Sheingold.

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Examples

  • Until very recently, most political scientists and commentators considered the Arab world impervious to change.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And then what political scientists have shown is that the policies that follow are really skewed towards the interests of the rich.

  • This guy is a French political scientist that we're studying.

  • Half of the members were economists or political scientists; two more were natural scientists.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Forty years after its publication, the report remains required reading for political scientists.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Let me give you this take from political scientist Seth Maskit.

  • The implications of such evidence have been enumerated by economists and political scientists alike.

    Academic text (1990)
  • A few years ago, the political scientists James Fearon and David Laitin did the math.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Some political scientists are reconceptualizing their scholarly work as an effort to save liberal democracy.

    Academic text (2017)
  • David Damore is a political scientist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, specializing in electoral studies.

Antonyms

46 3.4

A person new to an activity who has little experience

Surface Forms

Morphology

political + scientist

The meaning 'a person who studies political science' is directly derivable from combining 'political' (relating to politics) with 'scientist' (someone who studies or researches systematically). This adjective + noun composition is a regular, compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Political scientist joins political and scientist. Think of a scientist who watches governments, parties and votes like an experiment, and that picture shows why a political scientist is someone who 'studies' and is an 'expert' in politics and government.