Synonyms for political
pəˈlɪt ɪ kəlpo·lit·i·cal

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1. politicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   politic

   Antonyms:
   nonpolitical

2. politicaladjective

   A political agent or officer.

   Political principles are rarely absolute, as political logic holds an imperfect result by compromise is better than a theoretically perfect abstention from the political process in the opposition

   Synonyms:
   politic

   Antonyms:
   nonpolitical

3. politicaladjective

   concerning a polity or its administrative components

   Good political staff is hard to find, they may neither be ambitious and corrupted by power nor tempted by private sector careers

   Synonyms:
   politic

   Antonyms:
   nonpolitical

4. politicaladjective

   motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation

   Synonyms:
   politic

   Antonyms:
   nonpolitical

5. politicaladjective

   of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority

   Synonyms:
   politic

   Antonyms:
   nonpolitical

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1. politicaladjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unpolitical, apolitical, nonpolitical

2. politicaladjective

   of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power

   "political opinions"

   Antonyms:
   nonpolitical, apolitical, unpolitical

3. politicaladjective

   of or relating to the profession of governing

   "political career"

   Antonyms:
   unpolitical, nonpolitical, apolitical

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1. politicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   civil, CIVIC, public, politic, national

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1. List of paraphrases for "political":

   policy, policies, politics, politically, politician, politique, politiques, politicians, polices, chengchi, político, política, politiche, políticos

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1. Lydia Alpizar:

   The overwhelming lack of political commitment and financial resources, plain old sexism and misogyny, along with increasing religious fundamentalisms have affected the quality of the agreements produced by governments within the U.N. and at other levels.

2. Boris Johnson:

   The economy is in good hands, most sensible people can see that Bank of England governor Mark Carney has done a superb job – and now that the referendum is over, he will be able to continue his work without being in the political firing-line.

3. Kim Jong:

   The latest launch has more political purposes as the North called it a show of force rather than firing drills like before, targeting the South's weapons purchases and joint exercises with the United States.

4. Eric Cantona:

   Speaking of Platini, it's about settling scores, a political war, he wants to be FIFA president, Sepp Blatter wants to remain it. Sepp Blatter has started to say,' Qatar, it's true it's a bad idea, but it was Platini's idea,'.

5. Angus King:

   I don't think that there's evidence yet available to the public where there would be more or less a consensus that this was an appropriate path, my concern is that if impeachment is moved forward on the evidence that we have now, at least a third of the country would think it was just political revenge and a coup against the President.