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. Marco Rubio:

   The The FBI raid was unprecedented for America, but familiar to those in Florida who fled nations where political opposition was criminalized.

2. Chuck Hagel:

   This is folly. This is political distraction of the highest magnitude.

3. George Magnus:

   There has to be some resolution of the financial capacity of local governments to meet current, and prospective, age-related costs, otherwise, there could be rolling crises, layoffs, and reduced provision of public goods and services which could lead to political trouble.

4. Sebastian Strangio:

   His long career has been marked by his incredible ideological flexibility an uncanny ability to twist and bend with the political wind.

5. President Barack Obama:

   The longer that we allow the political rhetoric of late to continue, and the longer that we tacitly accept it, we create a permission structure that allows the animosity in one corner of our politics to infect our broader society, and animosity breeds animosity.