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postpolitical

postpolitical adjective: after the end of traditional politics.

Adjective

postpolitical (not comparable)

  1. After the end of traditional politics.
    • “Engels is left holding the bag of 20th-century ideological extremism,” Mr. Hunt writes, “while Marx is rebranded as the acceptable, postpolitical seer of global capitalism.” Mr. Hunt, a young British academic and a columnist for The Guardian, embarks on a two-part rescue mission in “Marx’s...2009 August 19, Dwight Garner, “Fox Hunter, Party Animal, Leftist Warrior”, in New York Times

Origin of postpolitical

From post- + political.

Questions about postpolitical

What does postpolitical mean?
Postpolitical means after the end of traditional politics.
What part of speech is postpolitical?
Postpolitical is an adjective.

Words near postpolitical in the dictionary

  1. postpneumonectomy
  2. postpneumonic
  3. postpolio
  4. postpolio syndrome
  5. postpoliomyelitis
  6. postpolitical
  7. postpollination
  8. postpolymerization
  9. postpolysomal
  10. postponable
  11. postpone

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