Political /(?)/

Po·lit·i·cal

Political

a.
  1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [R.]
  2. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer.
  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.]

Phrases & Compounds
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.