‖ zoon politikon
(ˈzəʊɒn pəʊˈlɪtɪkɒn)
[Gr.]
= political animal s.v. political a. 6 (q.v.).
| 1958 W. Stark Sociology of Knowledge 238 Anybody who regards man as necessarily..a zoon politikon. 1971 A. Giddens Capitalism & Mod. Social Theory 5 In the Greek polis every man—that is, every free citizen—was a zoon politikon: the social and political were inextricably fused. |