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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“Martin Scorsese All the Films” is filled with such morsels, making for an engrossing book—provided you don’t mind the occasional political asides.
"This will not be easy" would also serve perfectly well as a description of the political impact of this conflict for the prime minister.
From BBC
Miller’s plays compel theatergoers to connect the dots not only between the past and the present but also between the political and the personal.
From Los Angeles Times
But one of California’s leading political savants, Paul Mitchell, has developed a helpful online tool to suss out the possibilities.
From Los Angeles Times
Kelly said they have reduced exposure to independent power players that he was keen on a year ago, given political challenges around building new data centers.
From MarketWatch
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