1. (a.) Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.
2. (a.) of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer.
3. (a.) of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
4. (a.) Politic; wise; also, artful.
Thesaurus Entries
absolute, administrative, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, diplomatic, factional, factious, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, geopolitical, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, national, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, partisan, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, politic, politico-commercial, politico-diplomatic, politico-economic, politico-geographical, politico-judicial, politico-military, politico-moral, politico-religious, politico-scientific, politico-social, politico-theological, public, republican, self-governing, state, statesmanlike, suffragist, theocratic, totalitarian
