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Definition of Political
1. Adjective. Involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians. "Political policy"
2. Adjective. Of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power. "Political opinions"
3. Adjective. Of or relating to the profession of governing. "Political career"
Definition of Political
1. a. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.
Definition of Political
1. Adjective. concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing ¹
2. Adjective. concerning a polity or its administrative components ¹
3. Adjective. (pejorative) motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation ¹
4. Adjective. of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority ¹
5. Noun. A political agent or officer. ¹
6. Noun. a publication centred around politics ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Political
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Political
Literary usage of Political
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of State by Johann Caspar Bluntschli (1895)
"The general course of events in a people's life, the acts of individuals, the
history of art, science, economic conditions, morals, diplomatic and political ..."
2. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1869)
"OF SYSTEMS OF Political ECONOMY. INTRODUCTION. Political ECONOMY, considered as
a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator, proposes two distinct ..."
3. Economic Studies by Walter Bagehot (1888)
"THE POSTULATES OF ENGLISH Political ECONOMY. ADAM SMITH completed the ... The best
book on Political Economy published in England before that of Adam Smith ..."
4. Cutting Off the Serpent's Head: Tightening Control in Tibet, 1994-1995 by Tibet Information Network, Robert Barnett, Human Rights Watch/Asia, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"The main findings of the study are that political dissent in Tibet is spreading
to rural areas and to wider sections of the community; that the number of ..."
5. Principles and Problems of Government by Charles Grove Haines (1921)
"A cursory examination of the process through which modern political institutions
have evolved will aid in the understanding of this reconstructive process. ..."
6. Principles and Problems of Government by Charles Grove Haines (1921)
"PRINCIPLES AND PROBLEMS OF GOVERNMENT CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN AND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF GOVERNMENT Political institutions, like the other results of human ..."
7. Lectures on the Industrial Revolution of the 18th Century in England by Arnold Toynbee, Benjamin Jowett (1887)
"The change that has come over Political Economy—Ricardo responsible for the form
of that Science—The causes of his great influence—The economic assumptions ..."