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political system

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noun

  1. a coordinated set of principles, laws, ideas, and procedures relating to a particular form of government, or the form of government itself.

    Democracy is a political system in which citizens govern themselves.


Etymology

Origin of political system

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

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The U.S. and Cuba have been involved in talks for months, with American officials demanding an overhaul of the island’s state-run economy and one-party political system.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Both of them viewed Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia as exemplars of an entirely new political system, unknown to previous students of political philosophy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Before the uprising that saw longtime leader Omar al-Bashir ousted in 2019, he was repeatedly arrested for songs critical of the political system.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

As Paul Waldman wrote Thursday in The Cross Section, in a halfway decent political system Simmons should be “settling into a comfortable retirement.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Reducing ways for others to interfere with the political system gave Caesar more control.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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