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US
/pəˈɫɪtəkəɫ, pəˈɫɪtɪkəɫ/
]
[ UK /pəlˈɪtɪkəl/ ]
[ UK /pəlˈɪtɪkəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to the profession of governing
political career -
involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
a political machine
political pressure
calling a meeting is a political act in itself
political policy
political office -
of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
political opinions
How To Use political In A Sentence
- You can't have a show called Politically Incorrect and then abjectly apologize for not being PC.
- The security police quickly squelched an extremely rare public demonstration demanding political reform on Monday, the 41st anniversary of the Baath Party's seizure of power here.
- BRODY: They had to deal with that, and so they're reticent to a certain degree to kind of delve into some of the faith issues as it relates to the political environment, if you will, because they know that he can get a lot of backlash. CNN Transcript May 6, 2009
- Jim Devine said the £2326 of "joinery" was for storing personal and party political material in a pub cellar he was renting. Archive 2009-06-01
- Nothing political -- nothing _political_! "he exclaimed. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life
- KING: How do you react to the fact, we'll get to "Apollo 13" and lots of other things, that people looked at it from their point of view, liberals saw it as liberal, conservatives saw it conservative, moderates saw it as moderate, some people saw it as apolitical, antipolitical. CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: Tom Hanks' Career From `Bonfire of the Vanities' to `Saving Private Ryan' - February 17, 2001
- The BBC never tires of telling us how passionately it seeks the interest and participation of the public in its political output, particularly the young.
- They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.
- They therefore blame not the buddy system but political patronage for government inefficiency.
- The results were disastrous, plunging the country into deep depression, with high unemployment, sharply falling living standards and serious political unrest.