Political
Political , adjective
1.
Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [Rare]
A political government.
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.
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. [Obsolete] — Sterne
Collocations (1)
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.