political system

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of political system

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

In Iran's political system, authority is not just institutional - it is also performative.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 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

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

Many are fed up with the one-party political system, but debate what might replace it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

As tiring as it was, he’d loved his job for what it taught him about Chicago’s complex political system and for proving that his organizing instincts could work on a larger scale.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama