political system
noun
a coordinated set of principles, laws, ideas, and procedures relating to a particular form of government, or the form of government itself.
political systems
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pluralof political system.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That foresees a world of disrupted trade through tariffs and conflicts over chokepoints, more costly onshoring and less immigration, while political systems test the limits of spending to fund their militaries.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Like any pandemic, the Black Death was simultaneously a biological and a social event—shaped by both the innate characteristics of a microbe and such all-too-human factors as political systems, religious beliefs and public-health responses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"We are committed to breaking with the past. Our main mission is to thoroughly reform the country's administrative, socio-economic and political systems of governance."
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
According to Sharp, “The rulers of governments and political systems are not omnipotent, nor do they possess self-generating power.”
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025
With many different islands, there was a variety of political systems.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
