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political
adjective /pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
/-ˈlɪt̬.ə-/ Definition
B1 relating to politics: political leaders There are two 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).Politics politically
/-i/ adverb C1 to be politically naivePolitics
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Synonyms and related words:
- a political football idiom
- apolitical adjective
- communism noun
- Con. adjective
- Conservative adjective
- laissez-faire noun
- left adjective
- left of centre adjective
- leftist adjective
- Leninism noun
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