ADJECTIVE (3)

1. involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians;
- Example: "calling a meeting is a political act in itself"- Daniel Goleman
- Example: "political pressure"
- Example: "a political machine"
- Example: "political office"
- Example: "political policy"

2. of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power;
- Example: "political opinions"

3. of or relating to the profession of governing;
- Example: "political career"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Political \Po*lit"i*cal\, a.
   1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of
      administration. [R.] "A political government." --Evelyn.
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   2. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics;
      relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a
      political writer. "The political state of Europe."
      --Paley.
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   3. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state;
      as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
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   4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] --Sterne.
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   Political economy, that branch of political science or
      philosophy which treats of the sources, and methods of
      production and preservation, of the material wealth and
      prosperity of nations.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

political
    adj 1: involving or characteristic of politics or parties or
           politicians; "calling a meeting is a political act in
           itself"- Daniel Goleman; "political pressure"; "a
           political machine"; "political office"; "political
           policy" [ant: nonpolitical]
    2: of or relating to your views about social relationships
       involving authority or power; "political opinions"
    3: of or relating to the profession of governing; "political
       career"