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Definition of Political system
1. Noun. The members of a social organization who are in power.
Generic synonyms: Social Group
Member holonyms: Party, Political Party, Political Entity, Political Unit
Specialized synonyms: Autarchy, Autocracy, Constitutionalism, Commonwealth, Democracy, Republic, Diarchy, Dyarchy, Gerontocracy, Gynarchy, Gynecocracy, Hegemony, Mobocracy, Ochlocracy, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Republic, Technocracy, Theocracy
Group relationships: Social Organisation, Social Organization, Social Structure, Social System, Structure
Definition of Political system
1. Noun. A complete set of institutions, political organizations, interest groups (such as political parties, trade unions, lobby groups), the relationships between those institutions and the political norms and rules that govern their functions (constitution, election law). ¹
2. Noun. A system composed of the members of a social organization (group) who are in power. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Political System
Literary usage of Political system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1891)
"OUR NEW political system. POLITICS are a mesmerism, ... We are in the middle of
a new political system, and yet we do not recognise it. ..."
2. China's Global Role: An Analysis of Peking's National Power Capabilities in by John Franklin Copper (1980)
"In 1949 Mao and his followers established a political system in China that was
vastly different from anything China had known in the past: a ..."
3. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"The Teutonic political system as a General whole rested upon the collective weight
of individual ..."
4. America: Or, A General Survey of the Political Situation of the Several by Alexander Hill Everett (1827)
"CHAPTER I. Position of America and of the United States in the general Political
System. IT has sometimes been suggested, that the United States ought to be ..."
5. Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1864)
"His new political system.—Burnside's " Death Order."—A Bid for Confeder ate
Scalps.—A new Interpretation of the War.—The North as a Parasite. ..."
6. Political and Constitutional Law of the United States of America by William O. Bateman (1876)
"Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.1 (3pa)
OF THE political system ESTABLISHED BY THE ORGANIC LAW: AND HEREIN, ..."
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