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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
po·lit·i·cal       [puh-lit-i-kuhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of, pertaining to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
2.of, pertaining to, or connected with a political party: a political campaign.
3.exercising or seeking power in the governmental or public affairs of a state, municipality, etc.: a political machine; a political boss.
4.of, pertaining to, or involving the state or its government: a political offense.
5.having a definite policy or system of government: a political community.
6.of or pertaining to citizens: political rights.
[Origin: 1545–55; < L polītic(us) civic (see politic) + -al1]

—Related forms
po·lit·i·cal·ly, adverb
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po·lit·i·cal       (pə-lĭt'ĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state.
  2. Relating to, involving, or characteristic of politics or politicians: "Calling a meeting is a political act in itself" (Daniel Goleman).
  3. Relating to or involving acts regarded as damaging to a government or state: political crimes.
  4. Interested or active in politics: I'm not a very political person.
  5. Having or influenced by partisan interests: The court should never become a political institution.
  6. Based on or motivated by partisan or self-serving objectives: a purely political decision.

po·lit'i·cal·ly adv.
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political

adjective
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" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Political

Po*lit"i*cal\, a. 1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [R.] "A political government." --Evelyn.

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.

3. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs.

4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] --Sterne.

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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