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p-uh-LIT-ikl/pəˈlɪtɪkl/

Political means connected with government, parties, or power: a political broadcast; political will. Politician is the person (already in the dictionary); politics is the activity. A party political broadcast is not a neutral NEA source. Do not call every disagreement political without evidence.

Meaning

Connected with government, parties, or power in a society.

Examples

• “A political broadcast is not a neutral source for the history NEA.”
• “The strike became political once ministers intervened, which is the power sense.”

Good to know

a political + noun; politically motivated. Person: politician. Activity: politics. News, history, and source evaluation. Power and parties, not “any argument”.

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