POLITICAL


Meaning of POLITICAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pəlɪtɪk(ə)l ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

Political means relating to the way power is achieved and used in a country or society.

All other political parties there have been completely banned...

The Canadian government is facing another political crisis.

...a democratic political system...

ADJ : usu ADJ n

see also party political

• po‧liti‧cal‧ly

They do not believe the killings were politically motivated...

Politically and economically this is an extremely difficult question.

ADV : ADV adj / adv , ADV with v , ADV with cl

2.

Someone who is political is interested or involved in politics and holds strong beliefs about it.

This play is very political.

ADJ

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