political

English Online Dictionary. What means political‎? What does political mean?

English

Alternative forms

• politicall (obsolete)

Etymology

From politic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/, [pəˈlɪɾɪkəl], /pəˈlɪtəkəl/, [pəˈlɪɾəkəl]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/, [pəˈlɪɾɪkəl]
• Hyphenation: po‧lit‧i‧cal

Adjective

political (comparative more political, superlative most political)

1. Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
2. Concerning a polity or its administrative components.

3. (derogatory) Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral; or, more generally, power, standing, influence or conflict) calculation.
4. Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power, standing, influence or conflict.
5. (of a person) Interested in politics.

Synonyms

• politic

Antonyms

• nonpolitical, non-political

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Hindi: पोलितिकल (politikal)

Translations

Noun

political (plural politicals)

1. A political agent or officer.
2. A publication focusing on politics.

References

• “political”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• political in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “political”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.