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. Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong:

   We shall no longer participate in international sessions singling out the human rights situation of the DPRK for mere political attack.

2. Sebastian Strangio:

   A mix of populist appeal and strongman threats, sweetened with a dollop of political patronage.

3. Jim Jordan:

   But he has no firsthand knowledge. And second, he has a political bias. That should tell us something about this guy who came forward with this claim, you know as well as I do, that you do not need to have firsthand knowledge to be a whistleblower.

4. William Burns:

   [O]ur job is not to bend intelligence to suit political party or policy preferences or agendas. It is to deliver the best intelligence that we can gather, the best analysis that we can put together, with honesty and integrity, our job is to tell policymakers what they need to hear, not what they want to hear.

5. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   But I think the issue right now is -- it's a practical question. It's not an ideological question. It's not a political question. It's a practical question -- do they keep the agreement?