political
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From Latin politicus, ultimately from Greco-Latin polis '(city) state'
Pronunciation
Noun
political (plural politicals)
- a publication centred around politics
Adjective
political (comparative more political, superlative most political)
- concerning or related to politics, the art and process of governing
- Political principles are rarely absolute, as political logic holds an imperfect result by compromise is better than a theoretically perfect abstention from the political process in the opposition
- concerning a polity or its administrative components
- Good political staff is hard to find, they may neither be ambitious and corrupted by power nor tempted by private sector careers
- (pejorative) motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation
- of or related to views about social relationships that involve power or authority
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Derived terms
- politically
- political agent
- political animal
- political asylum
- political economy
- political party
- political prisoner
- party political
- politically correct
- sociopolitical
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