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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Political \Po*lit"i*cal\, adjective
1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [R.] ''A political government.'' --Evelyn.
2. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer. ''The political state of Europe.'' --Paley.
3. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] --Sterne.
{Political economy}, that branch of political science or philosophy which treats of the sources, and methods of production and preservation, of the material wealth and prosperity of nations.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
political
adjective
1: 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" [ant: {nonpolitical}]
2: of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power; "political opinions"
3: of or relating to the profession of governing; "political career"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "political": absolute, administrative, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, diplomatic, factional, factious, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, geopolitical, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, national, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, partisan, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, politic, politico-commercial, politico-diplomatic, politico-economic, politico-geographical, politico-judicial, politico-military, politico-moral, politico-religious, politico-scientific, politico-social, politico-theological, public, republican, self-governing, state, statesmanlike, suffragist, theocratic, totalitarian
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