political
part of speech
adjective (political; more political, most political)
meaning for a pupil
1) About government, how a country is run and the people in power. tree →
2) About political parties and elections. tree →
3) About power and arguments inside a group, like a school or a company. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and citizenship lessons it describes leaders, parties, votes and laws. In the news it is everywhere: political party, political leader. In everyday talk «it's all political» means decisions are made for power, not fairness. Phrases: political party, political leader, political map (a map showing countries and borders, not mountains).
examples
- The country has three main political parties. tree →
- A political map shows countries and their borders. tree →
- They had a political argument at dinner. tree →
- The mayor gave a political speech. tree →
- Voting is a political right. tree →
- Choosing the team captain became quite political. tree →
note
A political map is different from a physical map, which shows mountains and rivers. Noun: politics; person: politician. Political is not the same as polite.
In the corpora
- "Re-education" means forced political indoctrination: people are made to repeat and accept the government's ideas, often in camps.
- An "inoperative statement" is a US political phrase for a statement now admitted to be false.
- A political map shows countries, borders and cities, while a physical map shows natural features such as mountains, rivers and heights.
- A political party is a group with shared ideas that tries to win elections; its manifesto is its list of plans and promises.
- People who love each other can still vote differently, and big holidays often bring political arguments to the table.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «political» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.