political

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state.
2. adj. Relating to, involving, or characteristic of politics or politicians: "Calling a meeting is a political act in itself” ( Daniel Goleman).
3. adj. Relating to or involving acts regarded as damaging to a government or state: political crimes.
4. adj. Interested or active in politics: I'm not a very political person.
5. adj. Having or influenced by partisan interests: The court should never become a political institution.
6. adj. Based on or motivated by partisan or self-serving objectives: a purely political decision.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Relating or pertaining to politics, or the science of government; treating of polity or government: as, political authors.
2. Possessing a definite polity or system of government; administering a definite polity.
3. Relating to or concerned in public policy and the management of the affairs of the state or nation; of or pertaining to civil government, or the enactment of laws and the administration of civil affairs: as, political action; political rights; a political system; political parties; a political officer.
4. Politic; sagacious; prudent; artful; skilful.
5. “A captain bold of Halifax, who lived in country quarters.”
6. This is the favorite meter in modern Greek poetry.
7. Political in this connection means ‘common,’ ‘usual,’ ‘ordinary’.
8. Synonyms See politic.
9. n. A political officer or agent, as distinguished from military, commercial, and diplomatic officers or agents; specifically, in India, an officer of the British government who deals with native states or tribes and directs their political affairs.
10. n. A political offender or prisoner.

Wiktionary

1. n. a publication centred around politics
2. adj. concerning or related to politics, the art and process of governing
3. adj. concerning a polity or its administrative components
4. adj. motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation
5. adj. of or related to views about social relationships that involve power or authority

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.
2. adj. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration.
3. adj. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state.
4. adj. Politic; wise; also, artful.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
2. adj. involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
3. adj. of or relating to the profession of governing