Political

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state.
  • adjective. Relating to, involving, or characteristic of political parties or politicians.
  • adjective. Interested or active in politics.
  • adjective. Influenced by, based on, or stemming from partisan interests or political ideology.
  • adjective. Based on or motivated by self-serving interests, especially in attempting to gain power or to please people of a higher rank in an organization.
  • adjective. Indicating national or regional boundaries. Used of maps.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating or pertaining to politics, or the science of government; treating of polity or government: as, political authors.
  • Possessing a definite polity or system of government; administering a definite polity.
  • Relating to or concerned in public policy and the management of the affairs of the state or nation; of or pertaining to civil government, or the enactment of laws and the administration of civil affairs: as, political action; political rights; a political system; political parties; a political officer.
  • Politic; sagacious; prudent; artful; skilful.
  • “A captain bold of Halifax, who lived in country quarters.”
  • This is the favorite meter in modern Greek poetry.
  • Political in this connection means ‘common,’ ‘usual,’ ‘ordinary’.
  • Synonyms See politic.
  • noun. A political officer or agent, as distinguished from military, commercial, and diplomatic officers or agents; specifically, in India, an officer of the British government who deals with native states or tribes and directs their political affairs.
  • noun. A political offender or prisoner.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state.
  • adjective. Politic; wise; also, artful.
  • adjective. that branch of political science or philosophy which treats of the sources, and methods of production and preservation, of the material wealth and prosperity of nations.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
  • adjective. Concerning a polity or its administrative components.
  • adjective. Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation.
  • adjective. Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority.
  • adjective. Interested in politics.
  • noun. A political agent or officer.
  • noun. a publication centred around politics
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
  • adjective. involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
  • adjective. of or relating to the profession of governing
  • Word Usage
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