Meaning

5 senses
  1. Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.

    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.

    politisch

    полити́ческийpolitíčeskij

    політи́чнийpolitýčnyj

    of or relating to the profession of governing

  2. 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.

  3. (derogatory)Inappropriately motivated by political calculation, as it pertains to elections, power dynamics, ideologies, etc.

    The media alleged that the Federal Reserve chairman’s decision to cut rates before the election was political.

    полити́ческийpolitíčeskij

  4. Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power, standing, influence or conflict.

    полити́ческийpolitíčeskij

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

  5. Interested in politics.

    involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians

Examples

696 sentences
  1. Tom has no political experience.

    У Тома немає політичного досвіду. — deniko

    deTom hat keine politische Erfahrung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I'm requesting political asylum.

    Я прошу політичного притулку. — deniko

    ruЯ прошу политического убежища. — marafon

    deIch beantrage politisches Asyl. — Jens_Odo

  3. I need political asylum.

    Я потребую політичного притулку. — deniko

    ruМне нужно получить политическое убежище. — marafon

    deIch brauche politisches Asyl. — pullnosemans

  4. They formed a new political party.

    ruОни сформировали новую политическую партию. — odexed

    deSie gründeten eine neue politische Partei. — cumori

  5. They liked to argue about political issues.

    ruОни любили спорить на политические темы. — odexed

Translations

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Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From politic + -al.

From politic + -al.

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