politicaladjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/B1 relating to politics:
political leaders
There are two major political parties in the US - the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
Education is back at the top of the political agenda (= the matters that the government is considering).
More examples
- The National Front is an extremely right-wing political party in Britain.
- He rose quickly through the political hierarchy to become party leader.
- He has given up political power, but he remains securely in control of the army.
- The political reforms have led to major structural changes in the economy.
- His political career ended when he was found to have been accepting bribes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- populist
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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politically
adverb uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl.i/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl.i/
Examples
- Both of his parents were very politically active.
- Central Asia is a fragile region, politically weak but strategically important.
- It is a poor and politically unstable society.
- The country's younger population are more politically aware than in the past.
- India is quite diverse, both politically and in terms of religion.
C1
to be politically naive
Idiom(s)
a political football