/ pəˈlɪtɪkl; NAmE / adjective
1.
connected with the state, government or public affairs :
a monarch without political power
He was a political prisoner (= one who was put in prison because he was thought to be harmful to the state) .
2.
connected with the different groups working in politics, especially their policies and the competition between them :
a political debate / party / leader
What are your political sympathies?
3.
( of people ) interested in or active in politics :
She became very political at university.
I'm not a political animal (= person who is interested in politics) .
4.
concerned with power, status, etc. within an organization, rather than with matters of principle :
I suspect that he was dismissed for political reasons.
—see also politically