Adjective

political (comparative more political, superlative most political)

Positive political

Comparative more political

Superlative most political

  1. concerning or related 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
  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. (pejorative) motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation
  4. of or related to views about social relationships that involve power or authority

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Sun Feb 14 07:04:58 2010

Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to behavior within civil governments, but politics has been observed in other group interactions, including corporate, academic and religious institutions. It consists of "social relations involving authority or power" and refers to the regulation of a political unit, and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.

The word "Politics" comes from the Greek word Πολιτικά (politika) from politic (adj.), modeled on Aristotle's "affairs of state," the name of his book on governing and governments, which was rendered in English mid-15 century as Latinised "Polettiques." In Latin, this was "politicus" and in French "politique". Thus it became "politics" in Middle English (see the Concise Oxford Dictionary).

History

The origin and development of government institutions is the most visible subject for the study of Politics and its history.

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Wed Feb 10 11:58:34 2010

What is the assumption that political attitudes or opinions cluster in the middle of the political spectrum?
Q. The assumption that political attitudes or opinions cluster in the middle of the political spectrum is known as: A. the illusion of bimodality. B. the illusion of moderation. C. the illusion of saliency. D. the illusion of central tendency. E. the illusion of stability. I keep going through my book and the only terms it has are illusion of saliency (which has a definition that doesn't seem to fit this question) and illusion of central tendency which it doesn't explain at all. Any help would be much appreciated.
Asked by elveneyes400 - Fri Sep 18 00:10:09 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I understand the question, but I'm not sure what answer is correct (ie, the answer you need to be considered correct by your teacher). B, D, and E seem like words that would be correct, and if your book only mentions D, then I would assume that.
Answered by Angus - Fri Sep 18 00:15:38 2009

How do I start a political watchdog?
Q. How do I start a political watchdog? Can I just call myself one today and be done? Can political watchdogs just be a guise for a lobbyist? Can I be a political watchdog that monitors political watchdogs? Do you have any ideas for a political watchdog?
Asked by Yepper - Thu Dec 18 14:55:46 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Listen to Rush until you are totally insane.
Answered by Wounded Duck - Thu Dec 18 15:06:12 2008

How did the political factors contribute to the enslavement of Africans in North America?
Q. How did the economic, geographic, and political factors contribute to the enslavement of Africans in North America?
Asked by T.J. - Tue Sep 16 19:44:04 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It had a lot to do with it from both sides. Africans were selling there own people who's villages were captured. This helped Africans because at the time the West cost of Africa wasnt able to get a lot of things imported in so selling the people allowed them to pay a lot more for people to deliever to there region. It helped America cause this place has always been built on cheap labor. Political wise it was a lot larger in Africa. IT allowed some people to take power while others lost everything. In North America getting slaves didnt hit polotics until the slaves had been here for a while and some decided that they felt slaves were human also.
Answered by love a girl that can talk sports - Tue Sep 16 19:51:07 2008

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