political
Syllables: po·lit·i·calUK/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl//pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
political adjective: concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
Adjective
political (comparative more political, superlative most political)
- Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
- 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.
- As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC
- Concerning a polity or its administrative components.
- Good political staff is hard to find, they may neither be ambitious and corrupted by power nor tempted by private sector careers.
- Inappropriately motivated by political calculation, as it pertains to elections, power dynamics, ideologies, etc.
- The media alleged that the Federal Reserve chairman’s decision to cut rates before the election was political.
- Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power, standing, influence or conflict.
- Interested in politics.
Noun
political (plural politicals)
- A political agent or officer.
- One such officer was Count Nikolai Ignatiev, a brilliant and ambitious political, who enjoyed the ear of the Tsar and burned to settle his country's scores with the British.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 265
- A publication focusing on politics.
- A political prisoner.
political meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
political in Hindi
- concerning or relating to politics
- राजनीतिक rājnītik, सियासी siyāsī
political in Tamil
- அரசியல்
political in Marathi
- concerning or relating to politics
- राजकीय rājkīya
political in Urdu
- concerning or relating to politics
- سیاسی siyāsī
More languagesFewer languages
- political in Bengali
- রাজনৈতিক rajnōitik
- political in Telugu
- పంథా panthā
- political in Malayalam
- രാഷ്ട്രീയമായ rāṣṭrīyamāya
- political in Kannada
- ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯ āḷvikeya, ರಾಜಕೀಯ rājakīya, ರಾಜಕೀಯದ rājakīyada, ರಾಜ್ಯನೀತಿಯ rājyanītiya
- political in Punjabi
- ਸਿਆਸੀ siāsī, ਰਾਜਨੀਤਿਕ rājnītik, ਸਿਆਸਤੀ siāsatī
- political in Gujarati
- રાજકીય
- political in Odia
- ରାଜନୈତିକ, ରାଜନକ଼ତିକ
- political in Nepali
- राजनीतिक
- political in Pashto
- سياسي seyāsí
- political in Tagalog
- pampolitika
- political in Arabic
- سِيَاسِيّ siyāsiyy
- political in Malay
- politik
- political in Persian
- سیاسی siyâsi
- political in Thai
- การเมือง gaan-mʉʉang
- political in Vietnamese
- chính trị
- Sindhi
- سياسي syāse
Examples of political in a sentence
- The Bushes have held political office for several decades and the Kennedys longer.
- After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.
- The specter of an election-vote recount is this year's political bogeyman.
Synonyms of political
Antonyms
Forms of political
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more political |
| superlative | most political |
| alternative form (obsolete) | politicall |
| Noun | |
| plural | politicals |
Origin of political
From politic + -al.
Words formed from political
- aeropolitical
- antipolitical
- apolitical
- astropolitical
- biopolitical
- culturopolitical
- cyberpolitical
- econopolitical
- ecopolitical
- ethicopolitical
- ethnopolitical
- Europolitical
- extrapolitical
- genopolitical
- geopolitical
- historicopolitical
- hyperpolitical
- ideopolitical
- impolitical
- infrapolitical
- interpolitical
- juridico-political
- juridicopolitical
- macropolitical
- macro-socio-political
- megapolitical
- metapolitical
- micropolitical
- necropolitical
- neuropolitical
- new political thinking
- parapolitical
- party political
- party political broadcast
- petropolitical
- political agent
- political animal
- political arithmetic
- political asylum
- political base
- political blackness
- political capital
- political cartoon
- political cartoonist
- political climate
- political commissar
- political consumerism
- political correction
- political correctness
- political corrector
- political crime
- political-economic
- political economist
- political economy
- political entity
- politicalese
- political football
- political geography
- political homelessness
- political incorrectness
Phrases with political
- political map
- political risk
- political unit
- political bases
- political party
- political risks
- political units
- political regime
- political system
- political vacuum
- political animals
- political lesbian
36 more phrasesFewer phrases
- political machine
- political parties
- political regimes
- political science
- political spectra
- political systems
- political vacuums
- political warfare
- political cartoons
- political climates
- political entities
- political lesbians
- political machines
- political prisoner
- political sciences
- political spectrum
- political economies
- political footballs
- political machinery
- political marketing
- political prisoners
- political scientist
- political spectrums
- political commissars
- political correctors
- political economists
- political lesbianism
- political opposition
- political scientists
- political cartoonists
- political corrections
- political machineries
- political oppositions
- political price fixing
- political correctnesses
- party political broadcasts
Questions about political
- What does political mean?
- Political means concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
- What is political in Hindi?
- Political in Hindi is राजनीतिक (rājnītik), सियासी (siyāsī). See Political meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is political?
- Political can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce political?
- Political is pronounced /pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/ (UK).
Words near political in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: political (page history and authors); political (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పంథా (Telugu) (page history and authors); political (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); political (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); political (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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