Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A plan or action for achieving a goal; a maneuver.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the motions of organisms in relation to external agents; exhibiting taxis.
- Same as
tactical . - noun A tactical system or method; the use or practice of tactics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence, pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering for the short term; -- contrasted with
strategic , planning for the long term. - noun See
tactics .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
manoeuvre , oraction calculated toachieve someend . - adjective chemistry Describing a
polymer whoserepeat units are identical
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The prime time for this tactic is after a sunny warm front has baked the surface water for a few days.
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Forget the emotional content of this particular bill, this tactic is the most infantile, ridiculous approach a politician could take, and the lizard-brains on the right gobble it up.
Matthew Yglesias » Obstructionism from Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) Boosting Lord’s Resistance Army 2010
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Among divorcing couples, this tactic is a way to keep one spouse from getting at the asset.
Compromise is vital to forming a successful financial life together 2006
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Oh, and another typically conservative tactic is to co-opt the most successful movies as paeans to conservative cultural/political concepts.
Think Progress » Steele on serving as RNC chair: God has ‘placed me here for a reason.’ 2010
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Do you also know that the person in charge of this new PR tactic is none other than Ari Fleischer?
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The arguing tactic is called "special pleading," and it's a dirty rhetorical trick indeed!
Boing Boing 2009
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The Republican tactic is to raise objections because they never have anything positive to say themselves.
Dean Screams for Health Care Reform (Blog for Democracy) 2009
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Whatever the rationale, Fox News ongoing witch hunt tactic is a proven loser.
Timothy Karr: Fox News Tries to Foreclose on Sesame Street Timothy Karr 2010
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Other analysts think Standard Chartered's analysis may be right, though they note that if China has, in fact, cut back on new Treasury purchases, it could be a short-term tactic—and it doesn't necessarily mean China is riding to Europe's rescue or wants to do so.
Beijing's Moves Point to Europe Aid Owen Fletcher 2011
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I have a very simple method for determining if a tactic is torture or not.
Think Progress » CPAC audience boos former GOP Rep. Bob Barr for saying waterboarding is torture. 2010
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