Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
POLITICAL
political
(adjective) involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians; “calling a meeting is a political act in itself”- Daniel Goleman; “political pressure”; “a political machine”; “political office”; “political policy”
political
(adjective) of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power; “political opinions”
political
(adjective) of or relating to the profession of governing; “political career”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
political (comparative more political, superlative most political)
Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
Concerning a polity or its administrative components.
(pejorative) Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation.
Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority.
(of a person) Interested in politics.
Synonyms
• politic
Antonyms
• nonpolitical, non-political
Noun
political (plural politicals)
A political agent or officer.
A publication focusing on politics.
Source: Wiktionary
Po*lit"i*cal, a.
1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [R.] "A political government." Evelyn.
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." Paley.
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. [Obs.] Sterne. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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