Politicalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From politic +‎ -al.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/, [pəˈlɪɾ.ɪ.kəl], /pəˈlɪt.ə.kəl/, [pəˈlɪɾ.ə.kəl]
• (General Australian) IPA: /pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/, [pəˈlɪɾ.ɪ.kəl]
• (New Zealand) IPA: /pəˈlət.ə.kəl/, [pəˈləɾ.ə.kəl]
• (Indic) IPA: /pɵl(ɪ)ˈʈɪkəl/, /ˈpɔl(ɪ)ʈɪkəl/* ハイフネーション: po‧lit‧i‧cal

形容詞

political (comparative more political, superlative most political)

1. Concerning or relating 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.

   • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:

     As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.

   • 2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 87:

     In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.

   • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 10 June 2016:

     That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.

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. (derogatory) Inappropriately motivated by political calculation, as it pertains to elections, power dynamics, ideologies, etc.

   The media alleged that the Federal Reserve chairman’s decision to cut rates before the election was political.

4. Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power, standing, influence or conflict.
5. (of a person) Interested in politics.

同意語

• politic

反意語

• nonpolitical, non-political

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Hindi: पोलितिकल (politikal)

名詞

political (plural politicals)

1. A political agent or officer.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 265:

     One such officer was Count Nikolai Ignatiev, a brilliant and ambitious political, who enjoyed the ear of the Tsar and burned to settle his country's scores with the British.

2. A publication focusing on politics.
3. A political prisoner.

参照

• “political”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• political in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “political”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.