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parapolitical

parapolitical adjective: of or pertaining to parapolitics.

Adjective

parapolitical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to parapolitics.
    • In addition, a more formalized committee structure was also emerging to complement and focus the political energy stirring in such meetings. This involved the establishment of an elected committee (and, more often than not, a local militia unit) at the circulo or locality level. True, the exact...1985, John S. Saul, chapter I, in John S. Saul, editor, A Difficult Road: The Transition to Socialism in Mozambique, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, section 1, page 68

Forms of parapolitical

alternative formpara-political

Origin of parapolitical

From para- + political.

Questions about parapolitical

What does parapolitical mean?
Parapolitical means of or pertaining to parapolitics.
What part of speech is parapolitical?
Parapolitical is an adjective.

Words near parapolitical in the dictionary

  1. parapodial
  2. parapodiapophyseal
  3. parapodium
  4. parapods
  5. parapolice
  6. parapolitical
  7. parapolitics
  8. parapontine
  9. parapophyseal
  10. parapophyses
  11. parapophysial

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