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Dictionary: po·lit·i·cal (pə-lĭt'ĭ-kəl) pronunciation

adj.

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

politically po·lit'i·cal·ly adv.

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IN BRIEF: Of or relating to a government or the conduct of government.

I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. — Will Rogers (1879-1935)

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Antonym: nonpolitical (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
Pertains to noun: politics (meaning #4)

Meaning #3: of or relating to the profession of governing
Pertains to noun: politics (meaning #3)

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1 The New Politics in the United States
2 Democratic reform in Britain
3 Source
4 See also
5 Further reading

The New Politics in the United States

In the United States, the term "New Politics" has apparently been used in two separate contexts:

(1) New Politics was a term used in the United States in the 1950s to denote the ascending ideology of that country's Democratic Party during that decade. It is strongly identified with Adlai Stevenson, the party's unsuccessful candidate for President in both 1952 and 1956 (in each case Stevenson lost to Republican Dwight Eisenhower).

The domestic policies advocated by the adherents of the New Politics movement stressed strong support for civil rights legislation, while in foreign affairs the movement favored a less aggressive posture toward the Soviet Union (criticizing "Cold War liberals" within the party such as Harry Truman and Dean Acheson), prompting its critics to accuse it of being "soft on Communism." Younger adults accounted for many of its members, and provided it with an aura of youthful vibrance — this fact leading some opponents to attempt to link it to so-called "beatniks" (that term having been coined in 1958 by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen). However, this may not have been accurate, as most of the prominent "Beat" writers of that era expressed little if any interest in electoral politics.

The New Politics movement threw its support behind John F. Kennedy in his successful bid for the Presidency in 1960, but was not happy with Kennedy's choice of Lyndon B. Johnson as his running mate. Soon thereafter, the New Politics movement found itself eclipsed by the more strident New Left as the putative purveyor of new ideas within the Democratic Party.

(2) The insurgent movement in the Democratic Party that formed around the presidential candidacies of Eugene J. McCarthy and Robert F. Kennedy in the election year of 1968 was referenced as the "New Politics". The New Politics was supposedly characterized by a concern for the public interest and immune from the claims of specific interest groups.

In 1968, Time Magazine reported, "1968 has been projected as the year in which the new politics would dispossess the old, in which traditional blocs and bosses would be short-circuited by new-mold men and electronic eloquence". (See "Source" below)

Democratic reform in Britain

The term New Politics became used in Britain in 1990's onwards as a way of describing a more participatory and democratic politics. It has now mainly become associated with the New Politics Network which was founded in 1999.

Also refers to how people begin participate in politics and vote for candidates based on their appearance and personality. This was largely a result of the television and the development of televised debates.

Source

The source for the second usage in American politics is to be found in "In the 'New Politics'", Time, June 7, 1968, also available in the Time Magazine online archives.

political asylum πολιτικό άσυλο
political economy πολιτική οικονομία
political geography πολιτική γεωγραφία
political prisoner πολιτικός κρατούμενος
political science πολιτική επιστήμη
politically correct πολιτικά ορθός

Italiano (Italian)
politico

idioms:

political asylum asilo politico
political economy economia politica
political geography geografia politica
political prisoner prigioniero politico
political science scienze politiche
politically correct accettabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - político

idioms:

political asylum asilo político
political economy economia política
political geography geografia política
political prisoner prisioneiro político
political science ciência política
politically correct politicamente correto

Русский (Russian)
политический

idioms:

political asylum политическое убежище
political economy политическая экономия
political geography политическая география
political prisoner политзаключенный
political science политология, учение о государстве
politically correct политически корректный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - político

idioms:

political arm brazo político
political asylum asilo político
political economy economía política
political geography geografía política
political prisoner preso político
political science ciencias políticas
political wing ala política
politically correct políticamente correcto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - politisk, stats-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
政治上的, 政略性的, 政党的

idioms:

political asylum 政治庇护, 政治避难, 政治庇护所
political economy 政治经济学
political geography 政治地理学
political prisoner 政治犯
political science 政治学
politically correct 政治上正确的讲法

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 政治上的, 政略性的, 政黨的

idioms:

political asylum 政治庇護, 政治避難, 政治庇護所
political economy 政治經濟學
political geography 政治地理學
political prisoner 政治犯
political science 政治學
politically correct 政治上正確的講法

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 정치의, 행정에 관한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 政治の, 政治上の, 政治に関心のある, 政略的な

idioms:

political asylum 政治的亡命者に対する保護
political economy 政治経済学
political geography 政治地理学
political prisoner 政治犯人
political science 政治学

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سياسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פוליטי, מדיני‬

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The New Politics in the United States

Democratic reform in Britain

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See also

Further reading