different between political vs chicano

English

Alternative forms

• politicall (obsolete)

Etymology

politic +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??l?t?k?l/
• Hyphenation: po?lit?i?cal

Adjective

political (comparative more political, superlative most political)

1. Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
2. Concerning a polity or its administrative components.

3. (derogatory) Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation.

   “The Court invalidates Minnesota’s political apparel ban based on its inability to define the term ‘political'”

4. Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority.
5. (of a person) Interested in politics.

Synonyms

• politic

Antonyms

• nonpolitical, non-political

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ???????? (politikal)

Noun

political (plural politicals)

1. A political agent or officer.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 265:

     One such officer was Count Nikolai Ignatiev, a brilliant and ambitious political, who enjoyed the ear of the Tsar and burned to settle his country's scores with the British.

2. A publication focusing on politics.

References

• political at OneLook Dictionary Search
• political in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• political in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Portuguese

Verb

chicano

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of chicanar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chicanx (uncommon, gender-neutral)

Etymology

From mechicano, a dialectal variant of mexicano (“Mexican”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??i?kano/, [t??i?ka.no]

Adjective

chicano (feminine chicana, masculine plural chicanos, feminine plural chicanas)

1. (of a person) of Mexican descent and living in the United States

Noun

chicano m (plural chicanos, feminine chicana, feminine plural chicanas)

1. Chicano

Descendants

• ? English: Chicano

Further reading

• “chicano” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.