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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
- 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.
- The presidential election will be conducted against a backdrop of seismic political and economic turmoil. Times, Sunday Times
- 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
- You can't have a show called Politically Incorrect and then abjectly apologize for not being PC.
- 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
- Surely you appreciate that for those who regularly attack Israel and its suporters, “Likud” is a label fraught with negative implications that have nothing to do with the political realities within Israel. The Volokh Conspiracy » Human Rights Watch Update
- Before anyone says that this was going to happen anyway, remember that political pros were saying two years ago that Napolitano was a one term fluke, early this year Republicans were salivating about a possible 2/3 majority House and Senate, and it took some foresight to see that a decent candidate could be recruited to take out J. Archive 2006-12-01
- Such a usage is ethically unacceptable, politically manipulative and decidedly unhistorical.
- The digital flux that frames our experience of physical and socio-political realities functions through continuous additions, subtractions, and disappearances.
- It is politically safer – yes, even pragmatic – to describe one’s values as "commonsensical" or "middle of the road. Archive 2009-05-01