political
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or concerned with politics.
political writers.
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of, relating to, or connected with a political party.
a political campaign.
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exercising or seeking power in the governmental or public affairs of a state, municipality, etc..
a political machine;
a political boss.
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of, relating to, or involving the state or its government.
a political offense.
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having a definite policy or system of government.
a political community.
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of or relating to citizens.
political rights.
adjective
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of or relating to the state, government, the body politic, public administration, policy-making, etc
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of, involved in, or relating to government policy-making as distinguished from administration or law
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of or relating to the civil aspects of government as distinguished from the military
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of, dealing with, or relating to politics
a political person
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of, characteristic of, or relating to the parties and the partisan aspects of politics
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organized or ordered with respect to government
a political unit
Other Word Forms
- antipolitical adjective
- antipolitically adverb
- nonpolitical adjective
- nonpolitically adverb
- overpolitical adjective
- overpolitically adverb
- politically adverb
- prepolitical adjective
- prepolitically adverb
- pseudopolitical adjective
- quasi-political adjective
- quasi-politically adverb
- subpolitical adjective
- subpolitically adverb
- unpolitical adjective
- unpolitically adverb
Etymology
Origin of political
First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin polītic(us) “civic” ( politic ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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“The bigger they grow, the more there will be” political pressure on margins, he says.
Khamenei knew how to strike a balance to ensure his political survival.
"We gave many opportunities to the old set of political leaders," lab technician Yadav says.
From BBC
The only way for Iranians to achieve political change, she said, was on their own.
She writes feature stories on the political, social and economic issues shaping the region.
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