Political
[pə'lɪtɪk(ə)l] or [pə'lɪtɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians; 'calling a meeting is a political act in itself'- Daniel Goleman; 'political pressure'; 'a political machine'; 'political office'; 'political policy' .
(adj.) of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power; 'political opinions' .
(adj.) of or relating to the profession of governing; 'political career' .
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Civil, CIVIC, public, politic, national.
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Examples
- The talk was very often political or sociological, and interesting, curiously anarchistic. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Judaism is indeed the reconstructed political ideal of many shattered peoples--mainly Semitic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His mother wished to interest him in political concerns, to get him into parliament, or to see him connected with some of the great men of the day. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- In quality and tone it is a fair sample of British political thought in 1919. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Perhaps more than anyone else, the Fabians are responsible for turning English socialist thought from the verbalism of the Marxian disciples to the actualities of English political life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Mexican war was a political war, and the administration conducting it desired to make party capital out of it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In order to answer this question, let us recollect what we have already established concerning the origin of government and political society. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Servants, labourers, and workmen of different kinds, make up the far greater part of every great political society. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This was the first great political campaign for the Republicans in their canvass of 1864. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These thirty years after 1848 are years of very great interest to the student of international political methods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I have heard professors reply that it wasn't their business to discuss human nature but to record and interpret economic and political facts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- All must be brought to a certain level of political development; all must know why they are fighting, and its importance. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He brought the happiness of childhood into political discussion, and this opened up a new source of political power. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For our political language was made to express a routine conception of government. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But this is how one historian, soaked with the fantastic political ideas of our times, is pleased to write of this evil expedition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We picture political institutions as mechanically constructed contrivances within which the nation's life is contained and compelled to approximate some abstract idea of justice or liberty. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Public attention was shifted and a political crisis avoided. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The sanctity of their dress will not only protect them, but serve to conceal their political and commercial investigations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All of this is very reminiscent of the religious and political state of affairs in Greece fourteen centuries earlier. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such links of sentiment and association were of little avail against the intense separatism of the Greek political institutions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In later years these ideas developed into a definite political theory and policy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Its grandeur has outlived the high commercial prosperity and the political importance that made it a necessity, or rather a possibility. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Here is an attempt to fit political devices to the actual powers of the voter. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is not surprising that so many political inventions have been made within these movements, fostered by them, and brought to a general public notice through their efforts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For the object of democracy is not to imitate the rhythm of the stars but to harness political power to the nation's need. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For there are, I believe, blunders in our political thinking which confuse fictitious activity with genuine achievement, and make it difficult for men to know where they should enlist. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The truth was driven home upon him that political science is a science of human relationship with the human beings left out. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The socialism of the Fabians soon became a definite legislative program which the various political parties were to be bulldozed, cajoled and tricked into enacting. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But if there is any logic about the Marxist, it should be his declared political end for which he should work without ceasing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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