political theory
noun
any theory concerning how political power is acquired and used in government, either generally or within a particular ideology.
political theorist
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a word derived from
political theory.
Example Sentences
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At times, he gives off the air of a professor, donning blue blazers and short-sleeved button-down shirts as he quotes the political theorist Hannah Arendt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
John Spargo, a self-educated British stonemason who emigrated to New York in 1901, became an unlikely political theorist of the movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025
Kloster also appeared to express admiration for German political theorist Carl Schmitt, a staunch Nazi and opponent of liberalism who helped Adolf Hitler consolidate legal and executive power over the entire state.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2025
Michael Sandel, a Harvard political theorist, wrote a book that assailed meritocracy, “The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?”
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
You may take him as a symbol of the political theorist.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
