different between political vs countrywide

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

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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.

English

Alternative forms

• country-wide

Etymology

country +? -wide

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?n'tri-w?d?, IPA^(key): /?k?n.t?i?wa?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d
• Hyphenation: coun?try?wide

Adjective

countrywide (not comparable)

1. Throughout a country; nationwide.

Adverb

countrywide (not comparable)

1. Throughout a country; nationwide.
   • 1919 November 15, A. M. Graham, "The Memorial Building a Living Tribute", Arts & Decoration, volume XII, number 1, page 22:

     …America, with such vital power, with a people ambitious, wealthy, great and of a noble past, has a task before it, into which it will enter with a will, since the need is felt countrywide.

   • 1988, John Maxwell Hamilton, Edgar Snow: A Biography, Indiana University Press, ?ISBN, page 259:

     On such a day the streets of Peking and other cities could be peaceful, as if order had been restored countrywide.

   • 2011, Peter Tomsen, The Wars of Afghanistan, PublicAffairs, ?ISBN, pages 216–217:

     The operation lifted Mujahidin pride and morale countrywide.

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