political system
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- noun
- /pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈsɪstəm/
- The political system in place determines how laws are made and enforced in a country.
- a democratic political system
- reform the political system
- government and political systems
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I really believe that our political system is just rife with blackmail.
- And I really believe that our political system is just rife with blackmail.
- I think the the entire American political system is corrupted by money.
- We call this chatter about the general good in our political system gridlock.
- It's economic systems and political systems that are holding all this back right now.
- What is the best, healthiest political system?
- What we have in America now is a corrupt political system.
- I'm surprised by how broken and corrupt the political system is.
- And so I think, I think you're seeing a political system in transition, but to what is unclear.
- And this is not surprising given the nature of the American political system.
- What is it that DC, Washington, the Washington political system does not understand about Silicon Valley?
- And the hole in the bathtub threatens to destroy our, our political system, our way of life over time.
- You can misrepresent something, you can go manipulate the political system to get an advantage.
- Nigel, what needs to change in our political system to improve the economy?
- It's an expression of political systems clashing with each other for very selfish reasons.
- We've produced the only political system that gives personal liberty to everybody in the society.
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Nigel, what needs to change in our political system to improve the economy?
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I feel so frustrated with the political system, and I hear my friends say the same thing all the time.
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It's economic systems and political systems that are holding all this back right now.
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Before first contact, our political system was broken.
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Is he unhappy with the present political system?
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In Panama, the current political system was installed by the U.S. invasion.
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The integrity of our political system, of democracy as an idea, entirely depends on it.
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Four strategic and environmental factors explain these unions' ability to adapt to the changing political system.
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Democracy doesn't always lead to a good economy or even a good political system.
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But the corruption in the political system still persists.
Synonyms
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An organized way of doing things to avoid confusion
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The way a country or community is run
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Actions people use in a group to gain power or advantage
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A government that rules a country, often not democratic and strict
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How people in a group share authority and influence
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A country or area with its own government and laws
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Part of public life where people discuss and make decisions about government
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The group of people who run a country
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'political' (relating to politics or governance) with 'system' (a formal set of institutions or procedures); together they transparently denote the institutions and processes that organize governance. This adjective+noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows normal semantic combination patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Political system creates a picture of political, meaning leaders and power, working with a system, meaning many parts like laws, courts, and voters, like a machine that runs a country. So, it means the set of people and parts that 'organize' and 'run' a society.