different between politico vs political

English

Etymology

From Italian politico, Spanish político.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??l?t?k??/

Noun

politico (plural politicos or politicoes)

1. (colloquial, often derogatory) A politician.
   • 2011, "Connubial bliss in America", The Economist:

     And when the National Journal polled political ‘insiders’ this month, it found a majority of Democratic politicos, lobbyists and strategists in favour of making gay marriage legal.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pol?ticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (politikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?li.ti.ko/
• Hyphenation: po?lì?ti?co

Adjective

politico (feminine politica, masculine plural politici, feminine plural politiche)

1. political

   Antonym: apolitico

Noun

politico m (plural politici, feminine politica)

1. politician

   Synonyms: uomo politico, donna politica

Derived terms

Related terms

Latin

Adjective

pol?tic?

1. inflection of pol?ticus:
   1. dative masculine/neuter singular
   2. ablative masculine singular
   3. ablative neuter singular

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

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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.