A Topical Dictionary: Search for political

Dictionary Results For "political" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/,
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-political.ogg
Hyphenation: pol·it·i·cal

Adjective

concerning or related to politics
motivated (esp. inappropriately) by political calculation
of or related to views about social relationships that involve power or authority

Antonyms

nonpolitical

Related terms

politician

Translations

Czech: {{t+|cs|politický|m}}
Finnish:

Japanese: {{t-|ja|政治的な|tr=seiji-tekina|sc=Jpan}}
Russian: {{t+|ru|политический|tr=politíčeskij|sc=Cyrl}}

Finnish:

Japanese: {{t-|ja|政治的な|tr=seiji-tekina|sc=Jpan}}

Finnish:

Japanese: {{t-|ja|政治的な|tr=seiji-tekina|sc=Jpan}}

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Political \Po*lit"i*cal\, a.
1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of
administration. [R.] "A political government." --Evelyn.
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2. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics;
relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a
political writer. "The political state of Europe."
--Paley.
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3. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state;
as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
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4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] --Sterne.
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Political economy, 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.
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WordNet political
adj 1: involving or characteristic of politics or parties or
politicians; "calling a meeting is a political act in
itself"- Daniel Goleman; "political pressure"; "a
political machine"; "political office"; "political
policy" [ant: nonpolitical]
2: of or relating to your views about social relationships
involving authority or power; "political opinions"
3: of or relating to the profession of governing; "political
career"

Moby Dictionary
absolute , administrative , aristocratic , authoritarian , autocratic ,
autonomous , bureaucratic , civic , civil , constitutional , democratic ,
despotic , dictatorial , diplomatic , factional , factious , fascist ,
federal , federalist , federalistic , geopolitical , governmental ,
gubernatorial , heteronomous , matriarchal , matriarchic , monarchal ,
monarchial , monarchic , monocratic , national , official , oligarchal ,
oligarchic , parliamentarian , parliamentary , partisan , patriarchal ,
patriarchic , pluralistic , politic , politico-commercial ,
politico-diplomatic , politico-economic , politico-geographical ,
politico-judicial , politico-military , politico-moral ,
politico-religious , politico-scientific , politico-social ,
politico-theological , public , republican , self-governing , state ,
statesmanlike , suffragist , theocratic , totalitarian

POLITICAL. Pertaining to policy, or the administration of the government. Political rights are those which may be exercised in the formation or administration of the government they are distinguished from civil, rights, which are the rights which a man enjoys, as regards other individuals, and not in relation to the government. A political corporation is one which has principally for its object the administration of the government, or to which the powers of government, or a part of such powers, have been delegated. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 182, 197, 198.

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