Definition: political

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

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"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Political \Po*lit"i*cal\, a.
   1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of
      administration. [R.] ``A political government.'' --Evelyn.

   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.

   3. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state;
      as, his political relations were with the Whigs.

   4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] --Sterne.

   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.