political

Plural: politicals

Adjective

• involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians; - Daniel Goleman
  • "calling a meeting is a political act in itself"
  • "political pressure"
  • "a political machine"
  • "political office"
  • "political policy"
• of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
  • "political opinions"
• of or relating to the profession of governing
  • "political career"

Adj

• Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
• Concerning a polity or its administrative components.
• Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral; or, more generally, power, standing, influence or conflict) calculation.
• Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power, standing, influence or conflict.
• Interested in politics.

Noun

• A political agent or officer.
• A publication focusing on politics.
• A political prisoner.

Examples

• Good political staff is hard to find, they may neither be ambitious and corrupted by power nor tempted by private sector careers.
• 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.
• The media accused the Federal Reserve chairman's decision to cut rates before the election as being political.

Synonyms

politic

Antonyms

nonpolitical, non-political

Related Words

politician, politicize, politick, politico

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