Political Meaning
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjConcerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
adjConcerning a polity or its administrative components.
Sentence Examples
Corporate political donations are coming under heavy scrutiny.
Foreign investors backed off because of regional political unrest.
The violence was the result of political conflicts.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ party's goal was to win over voters in the upcoming election.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The journalist covered ____ affairs for the newspaper, focusing on elections and government policy.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English politic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English political From politic + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could."
— 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
"In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance."
— 2012 January 26, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 87:
"That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past."
— 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2016:
"One such officer was Count Nikolai Ignatiev, a brilliant and ambitious political, who enjoyed the ear of the Tsar and burned to settle his country's scores with the British."
— 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 265:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ party's goal was to win over voters in the upcoming election.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The journalist covered ____ affairs for the newspaper, focusing on elections and government policy.