Thesaurus: political
Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.
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Definitions
- a. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.
- a. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer.
- a. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
- a. Politic; wise; also, artful.
- adj. involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
- adj. of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
- adj. of or relating to the profession of governing
- 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.
- j:100 a. involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians a. of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power a. of or relating to the profession of governing