political has definitions from the field of politics
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[ adjective ] (politics) involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians

Examples

"calling a meeting is a political act in itself"- Daniel Goleman "political pressure" "a political machine" "political office" "political policy"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

Regarding Atlanta 's new million dollar airport , the jury recommended `` that when the new management takes_charge Jan. 1 the airport be operated in a manner that will eliminate political influences '' .

("Editorials"...)

Even in areas where political connotations are ( deliberately ? )

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

Southern resentment has been over the method of its ending , the invasion , and Reconstruction ; their fears now are of miscegenation and Negro political control in many counties .

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

Political theoretical understanding , although almost at a standstill during this century , did develop during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , and resulted in a flood of inventions which increased the possibility for man to coexist with man .

The most effective political inventions seem to make maximum use of natural harbors and are aware that restraining breakwaters can play only a minor part in the whole scheme .

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[ adjective ] (politics) of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power

Examples

"political opinions"

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

2 ) As a country superimposes its cultural and political attitudes on others , it searches its heritage in hopes of justifying its aggressiveness .

A heterogeneous people have needed it to attain an element of cultural and political cohesion in a new and ever_changing land .

The last two writers introduce strong political bias into their works , and not unlike the union leaders that we will discuss soon , see folklore as a reservoir of protest by a downtrodden and publically silenced mass .

The folk are simply not homogeneous with_respect_to nation or political attitude .

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

it might be pointed_out that the integrating function of religion , for good or ill , has often supported or been identified with other groupings - political , nationality , language , class , racial , sociability , even economic .

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[ adjective ] (politics) of or relating to the profession of governing

Examples

"political career"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

His political career goes_back to his election to city_council in 1923 .

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

I'm willing to stake my political career on_it '' .

(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)

Until the Charter_of_Liberties was issued in the fall of 1958 , there were no guarantees of the right to assemble or to organize for political purposes .

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