Collocations for "political"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "political" in context.
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political
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- [belong to, running for] a political party
- political [leaders, representatives]
- political [factions, splits, parties, groups]
- [has, is in] political power
- different political systems
- have to go through the political process
- have political rights
- that is a political [issue, matter]
- [studied, majored in] political [theories, philosophy, history, science]
- accepting political [contributions, donations]
- was a political [move, strategy]
- had a political [motive, agenda, intention]
- is a political prisoner [of, in]
- would be political suicide (to)
- [social, economic, cultural, religious] and political
- political correctness
'political' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Australia
- Israel
- Netherlands
- abuse
- activity
- actor
- acumen
- adjustment
- advancement
- aftermath
- align
- alignment
- ally
- anchor
- appraisal
- arena
- awareness
- backing
- backlash
- banter
- belief
- bias
- bigotry
- blatant
- blunder
- booklet
- campaign
- career
- cartoon
- change
- chaos
- charter
- citizenship
- collapse
- come
- commitment
- complexion
- conflict
- consciousness
- conservative
- context
- contingent
- control
- convention
- conversion
- convert
- corrupt
- creed
- crisis
- cultural